“I AM WILLIAM WALLACE!” er, that is to say “ I AM LEGEND,” I mean, “I AM KING TAHARQA!” That’s more like it. According to reports, Will Smith will tackle the role of quite possibly one of the better Sudanese-Nubian rulers of Egypt whose forces clashed with those of Esarhaddon of Assyria in 677 BC.
Randall Wallace of Braveheart fame (for writing it, not for being the main character’s great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson or something, although that would be fairly boss) is slated to write the screenplay for the film, which has been titled The Last Pharaoh.
Smith has been itching to make this movie for quite some time, and who could blame him? Let’s not forget, we are talking about the King Taharqa here. Yup, that one. As in, the one who rule Egypt from 690 BC to 664 BC and has been characterized as one of the greatest military minds of the ancient world. And if Alexander has taught us anything, it’s how seamlessly such a figure’s life translates into a prohibitively expensive film.
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