Will Smith Is Egypt's Last Pharaoh
Will Smith by Lester Cohen/ WireImage.com
Will Smith is going from the
Fresh Prince to the
Last Pharaoh.
The actor has signed on to play Taharqa, a famed Egyptian pharaoh who battled Assyrian invaders circa 677 B.C. in the upcoming drama,
Variety reports.
Smith, who's been eyeing the project for years, will also produce the flick with his Overbrook Entertainment cohorts, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz.
Randall Wallace, who wrote Mel Gibson into
Braveheart glory, will pen the epic.
Who smells another Fourth of July opening? -
Joyce Eng
