Will Smith as "The Last Pharaoh"
09-08-08, 12:32 AM
#1
DVD Talk Legend
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Will Smith as "The Last Pharaoh"
From Variety:
Will Smith may next morph into a god.
"Braveheart" scribe Randall Wallace will write "The Last Pharaoh," a Columbia drama crafted as a vehicle for Smith to play Taharqa, the pharaoh who battled Assyrian invaders in ancient Egypt.
Smith, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz will produce for Overbrook Entertainment.
Smith, who has long wanted to play the pharaoh, brought Wallace the Taharqa story.
The film will focus on his battles with Assyrian leader Esarhaddon starting in 677 B.C.
"Braveheart" scribe Randall Wallace will write "The Last Pharaoh," a Columbia drama crafted as a vehicle for Smith to play Taharqa, the pharaoh who battled Assyrian invaders in ancient Egypt.
Smith, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz will produce for Overbrook Entertainment.
Smith, who has long wanted to play the pharaoh, brought Wallace the Taharqa story.
The film will focus on his battles with Assyrian leader Esarhaddon starting in 677 B.C.
09-08-08, 01:06 AM
#2
DVD Talk Limited Edition
I don't know about this. Will Smith is similar to Tom Cruise in terms of playing historical characters; they both seem to somehow be too modern to pull it off, no matter how much funky facial hair they try to grow. I don't know if it's the accent or what, but I never buy into it.
09-08-08, 01:29 AM
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I don't know about this. Will Smith is similar to Tom Cruise in terms of playing historical characters; they both seem to somehow be too modern to pull it off, no matter how much funky facial hair they try to grow. I don't know if it's the accent or what, but I never buy into it.
It's sounds interesting. I had to Wikipedia to find out who Taharqa was.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taharqa
Will Smith is too modern too pull it off. I didn't buy him as Muhammed Ali and that was a modern person.
