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Will Smith To Play Pharaoh Taharqa
posted on Sep 8, 2008

Will Smith plans to star in Columbia Pictures' "The Last Pharaoh," the story of Taharqa, the pharaoh who battled Assyrian invaders starting around 677 B.C. in ancient Egypt. "Braveheart" author Randall Wallace is penning the script.

According to Variety, Smith, who has long wanted to play the pharaoh, took Wallace the story.

Smith, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz will produce for Overbrook Entertainment.

Smith next stars in Columbia's "Seven Pounds," a reteam with "Pursuit of Happyness" director Gabriele Muccino that Overbrook produced with Escape Artists.