Sep 8, 2008 by Courtney O.

Will Smith Is The Last Pharaoh?

Braveheart writer Randall Wallace is set to write The Last Pharaoh, with Will Smith in mind to play Taharqa in Columbia's drama about the pharaoh who battled Assyrian invaders in ancient Egypt.

According to Variety, Smith has long wanted to play the pharaoh and brought Wallace the Taharqa story.

The film will focus on his battles with Assyrian leader Esarhaddon starting in 677 B.C.

No production date has been set.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (19)

  1. DasBoot

    Sounds very interesting. and Braveheart kicked ass!

    3 years agoby @dasbootFlag

  2. Flrep07

    Braveheart was sick, so will this movie.

    3 years agoby @flrep07Flag

  3. T.Clark

    Wasn't this already a story?...

    3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  4. Ch-ch-ch-chia

    Now this is a role perfect for Will Smith. Egyptians are kind of dark skinned. Will Smith will be able to pull it off and he always wanted to be in this movie.

    3 years agoby @daftshadowFlag

  5. MovieBuff

    silvershield is right. I teach world history and he's absolutely correct. Taharqa was the son of Piye who conquored Egypt. Then Taharqa took over and lost his reign when the Assyrians led by Esarhaddon invaded Egypt. Although he did successfully repel the Assyrian's first invasion, he succ*mbed to the second wave. Taharqa actually escaped being taken prisoner but his brother and son didn't. Later, Taharqa fights back and regains Memphis... only to lose it again when the Assyrians invade it.

    It's just a back and forth story between the Nubians and the Assyrians. Why they're making this into a movie I don't know. Maybe they think all the battle action will be enough to bring in the audience. I doubt it.

    3 years agoby @moviebuff123Flag

  6. Phil Mata

    I'd be excited for this if it wasn't for Hollywood being infamous for trading historical accuracy for what they believe would bring big box office numbers. I'm confident in Smith tackling a role like this, but I really don't want it to be another Gladiator. Braveheart was a terrific movie however, and it's director, Wallace, is writing the screenplay for the Last Pharaoh. So maybe there's hope after all.

    3 years agoby @phil-mataFlag

  7. The Anarchist

    This could actually be a really good movie...

    3 years agoby @dr-manhattanFlag

  8. Radimus-83

    you got the writer from Braveheart, plus Will Smith!! you know it's gonna be good!

    3 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  9. The Dark Knight

    hes perfect AL ALAH lol

    3 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag

  10. thesilvershields

    My damn post got cut off. Taharqa was not a native Egyptian, he was a Nubian whose father conquered Egypt. Hollywood needs to explain all this if they're going to do it.

    3 years agoby @thesilvershieldsFlag

  11. thesilvershields

    could be interesting, but if they don't explain this, it's going to start a bunch of crap about 'see, the Egyptians were black.' Don't bother doing it if they don't acknowledge this. And Taharqa wasn't the 'last pharaoh' anyway.

    3 years agoby @thesilvershieldsFlag

  12. Shadow Of The Day

    Great news.

    3 years agoby @asifFlag

  13. ...YeahButTheBookWasBetter

    Sounds good to me, Will Smith can do any kind of movie

    3 years agoby @theboywhocriedsequelFlag

  14. Marcusx

    sounds interesting. its will smith and he is always good so i will undoubtedly be seeing this. wonder what kind of accent he is gonna have?

    3 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  15. ed_wood

    It sounds interesting for sure.

    3 years agoby @ed-woodFlag

  16. Space101

    I see Smith doing this. Plus the story line sounds interresting.

    3 years agoby @space101Flag

  17. The Kwisatz Haderach

    sounds good

    3 years agoby @the-kwisatz-haderachFlag

  18. moviedirector88

    This sounds like an epic movie filled with awesome mighty battle sequences :D

    3 years agoby @moviedirector88Flag

  19. PUNISHER

    Sounds interesting.

    3 years agoby @cerealkillerFlag

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