Smith is 'Last Pharaoh' (VAR)
By Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte
Will Smith is heading to ancient Egypt. The actor has lined up “The Last Pharaoh,” a drama at Columbia being written by “Braveheart” scribe Randall Wallace. Smith will play Taharqa, the pharaoh who battled Assyrian invaders starting in 677 B.C., Variety reports.
Smith, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz will produce for Overbrook Entertainment. According to Variety, it was Smith, who has long wanted to play the pharaoh, who brought Wallace the Taharqa story.
Smith’s next starring turn is in Columbia’s "Seven Pounds," a reteam with "Pursuit of Happyness" director Gabriele Muccino.
Wallace will next direct a Disney film about Triple Crown winner Secretariat and his owner, Penny Chenery. Wallace also recently signed on to a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Disney adaptation of the WWII battle saga "Killing Rommel," which Wallace will write with author Steven Pressfield.
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