The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Will Smith, may next be seen as the titular character in "The Last Pharaoh". Eyeing to put the project to fruition for quite sometime, the Hollywood actor has reportedly managed to persuade "Braveheart" writer Randall Wallace to work on his film's script through his company, Overbrook Entertainment.
With Wallace on-board the project, Smith is one step closer to star as Taharqa, the Nubian pharaoh who was involved in a battle with the Assyrians to claim the throne of Amun-Ra and ruled over Egypt from 690BC to 664 BC. Through Overbrook, he is also attached to co-produce "Pharaoh" along with James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz.
"Last Pharaoh" is said to resolve around the battle between Taharqa, a member of Egypt's 25th dynasty, and Esarhaddon, Assyrian leader who seeks to invade Egypt. The war between the two ignited in 677 B.C. and lasted even until the death of Esarhaddon. Though this epic drama project is entitled "Last Pharaoh", Taharqa was not the last Pharaoh of Egypt. In reality, the last Pharaoh is Cleopatra VII.
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You people should read some history and do some research before you claim Assyrians are Arabs or modern Assyrians have no connection to ancient Assyrians, Assyrians are mesopotamians and are not Arabs, Syriacs are western Assyrians, do some research and google this for staters "ASSYRIAN IDENTITY IN ANCIENT TIMES AND TODAY"
Well done Will Smith, Iam really happy that you making movie about Arab´s empire(Assyria).
Sargon the recently Assyrians has nothing to do with Assyrians in history. There is no Assyrians, they are more like arab Christians but we have Syriac,suryoye,nation... ahna kolan suryoyee
The term Pharaoh refers to an individual not a group or governing body. There was only one king and that was the Pharaoh. Only in the twelfth dynasty did there exist what was known as a co-regency, instituted by Amenemhat I who was Black African as well, as were most of true Ancient Egyptians, particularly the Pharaohs of the middle kingdom (11th and 12th) dynasties. His co-ruler was his son Senusret I. Either of these rulers can be portrayed by anyone of African descent, so you Beja people do not have a monopoly over African history. If you want to to portray a Pharaoh as Beja make your own film. I'll be more than happy to watch it.
This film will also be the first to portray the Assyrians, who are still around today, lets hope Will smith works his magic COME ON ASSYRIA
get two books called the kingdom of kush. p.l. shinner he has books on nubia. go to egyptsearch dot com google it.
will is african by race,but yes he was born in america of course,but he is still african.
the kings and queens of kush were not from the priest class of egypt. they were kushites and from kush(sudan)not egypt. the ruling class of kush came from the southwest of sudan,and the beja were not kushites.the beja come from the medja and they were not kushites,but they many lived in the kushites empire.
This could be a real dud for Will Smith if this film is not historically accurate and if he fails to lose his modern day American black swagger. The living descendants of the ethnic Ta-Seti or Beja People are still alive and well and will react negatively if this is another crappy Troy or Kingdom of Heaven movie. There was no such country as Nubia at this point in history and Pharaoh refers to the governmental body not an individual unless they were illegitimate rulers from a foreign land. Taharqa was anything but as his ancestors are descended of the Priest Kings of the 20th dynasty who were run out of Egypt by the Libyans in the 21st Dynasty. Please don't be lazy stupid Americans and let Hollywood revisionists insult the Beja Peoples who are the direct descendants of Taharqa's dynasty. American black people are already suffering from the bankruptcy of bling on their culture. Just because an actor is sort of African does not make them empathetic or even conscience of African culture- especially the really endangered East African cultures.
THis will be be a great movie i'm sure!
Will Smith is the greatest and most powerful actor of our generation. Im sure this movie will be just another tremendous accomplishment to add to his list.