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Will Smith, The Last Pharaoh?

March 23, 2008

Sun Media talked to screenwriter Chris Hauty (Never Back Down), who is polishing a script by Carl Franklin (Devil in a Blue Dress) called The Last Pharaoh, which is at Will Smith's Overbrook Entertaiment production company.

The film centers on Taharqa, who was king of Egypt (from 690 BC to 664 BC) and a member of the Nubian or 25th dynasty of Egypt. He was the son of Piye, the Nubian king of Napata who had first conquered Egypt, and the younger brother and successor of Shebitku. The story is about Ethiopians battling Assyrians for the throne of Amun-Ra.

"It's an open writing assignment from Will's company. It's something he's taken a big interest in," Hauty said.

The actual "last Pharaoh" was Cleopatra VII, of course.

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COMMENTS (87)

Posted by:

sam

March 23, 2008

all hail king smith!!!

Posted by:

fuzz

March 23, 2008

for some reason.. alotta people wud disagree.... but im not one of them WOOOO KING SMITH!! he aint no prince no more

Posted by:

March 23, 2008

Isn't he a friggin' scientologist now? Past of the cult of creepy rich wackos?

Posted by:

Bryan

March 23, 2008

Nope, Smith is a Christian, but he's admitted to agreeing with a lot of the points of scientology, but he hasn't joined the Scientology Church.

Posted by:

Ray

March 23, 2008

after seeing will's lastest movies such as!

Pursuit of happiness
I am Legend
Hitch
I, Robot
Bad Boys II
Ali
The Legend of Bagger Vance

I must agree this guy can do anything he puts his mind into!

U GO BOOOYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

Posted by:

CWBoy1911

March 23, 2008

i like the "of course" at the end of the article...cuz we all know that haha :)

Posted by:

Kato

March 23, 2008

I think even if Will wasn't gonna do it, he will do it because people are saying he cant do it...lol .. and Ray there was another movie he did with a while back I think it's called "Six degrees of seperation" or something like that...

Posted by:

marc anton

March 23, 2008

>The actual "last Pharaoh" was Cleopatra VII, of course.

Of course not, she was a member of the ptolemaic dynasty (Alexander the great). Hellenistic rulers are not accounted as 'real' Pharohs.

Posted by:

FeRex

March 23, 2008

hmm.. i first thought that this is that movie directed by zack snyder.

Posted by:

Captian Rogaine

March 23, 2008

The Fresh Pharoah of Cairo! Yeah! This movie sounds like it could be awesome. Always loved the egytian theme and if this is action or maybe Troy-ish then it will be awesome. We get little hints of it from The Mummy series but this will be completely set in that time frame. So sweet. Will Smith has got to be one of the best Hollywood stars of our time. With the exception of Men In Black II and Bad Boys II which were moderately alright all his movies have been great... Might be a couple I can't think of though.

Long Live Pharoah Will Smith!