The Black people who ruled Egypt - Will Smith Movie

[LEGALEAGLE]

Will Smith is making a movie about the original black inhabitants of Egypt, the so called 'Kemet' civilization.

Will Smith Hires Randall Wallace to Have a Go at The Last Pharaoh

Jason September 8th, 2008 Movies

Way back in March we were one of the first to tell you about Will Smith getting involved with a script called The Last Pharaoh. Smith had Chris Hauty (Never Back Down) polishing a script by Carl Franklin (Devil In A Blue Dress) at the time, but I guess he wasn’t perfectly happy with it because he’s hired someone else to take a shot.

That someone else is none other than Randall Wallace (Braveheart). I’m guessing that Smith is looking to make this film more epic since that’s what Wallace is known for (he also wrote Pearl Harbor, The Man in the Iron Mask, and We Were Soldiers). Still, I think it’s going to be more of a director’s movie than anything else if he wants to make this work. Find the right director and this could be a pretty cool flick - find the wrong one and this could be another Alexander.

In case you’re wondering, the film reportedly centers on Taharqa, the last Pharaoh of the 25th or Nubian Dynasty (the one in which blacks of Ethiopian descent ran Egypt) and is supposedly full of Ethiopians battling Assyrians for the throne of Amun-Ra. Taharqa was the son of Piye, the Nubian king of Napata who had first conquered Egypt, and the younger brother and successor of Shebitku.

And no, Taharqa wasn’t actually THE last Pharaoh of Egypt. That distinction belongs to Cleopatra VII. I’m not sure why this is called The Last Pharaoh.

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[Sugarberry]

Intresting...I wonder if he will star in the movie too



on a sidenote this isnt really "news" this belongs in the movie section.

[ShotgunMessiah]

Sugarberry said

Intresting...I wonder if he will star in the movie too

If he does, I wonder where he'll fit in his trademark "Aww, hell naw!"

[MrZ]

How awesome would it be if the film was actually titled "The Black People Who Ruled Egypt"?

[Sugarberry]

MuslimZ said

How awesome would it be if the film was actually titled "The Black People Who Ruled Egypt"?

hahahahahah that would be awsome.

[ShotgunMessiah]

MuslimZ said

How awesome would it be if the film was actually titled "The Black People Who Ruled Egypt"?

I'd pay to see that.

[jinnzaman]

Wish there was a trailer or something.