From Fresh Prince To Fresh Pharaoh

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From Fresh Prince To Fresh Pharaoh

by Furious
September 8th, 2008

Granite sphinx of Taharqo, 25th Dynasty from a...

So, Will Smith is looking to find a new title that befits his current Hollywood status. No longer the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, he’ll now be a Pharaoh. Smith has been developing a project titled The Last Pharaoh, where he will play Egyptian pharaoh Taharqa, who had to defend the country from an Assyrian invasion. Braveheart writer Randall Wallace has been hired to write.

Will Smith has made a nice little career for himself, going from a gangly, goofy rapper to perhaps the most bankable movie star ever. His rise seems very methodical, having his own TV show, doing a couple serious movies (Where the Day Takes You, Six Degrees of Separation), sliding into big budget action movies (Bad Boys, Independence Day), carrying a critically acclaimed movie (Ali), and now basically making whatever he wants and drawing in hundreds of millions of dollars. It’s hard to even say he’s made a misstep.

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pacer521 September 8th, 2008 at 9:34 am

funny I always thought Taharaqa was a woman, but then again I’m only fresh off of fifth grade…

good for will smith on the role — although this is most likely one of his trademark thrillers, a new theme besides the end of the world or an urban assassin is always nice. That’s a movie I’d like to see.

pacer521

Furious September 8th, 2008 at 10:21 am

You’re better off than me, I hadn’t heard the name before. Will Smith has become a pretty interesting actor (I thought he was great in I Am Legend), so I’ll be looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

Steve Rogers Movie In The Works? | involuntary fury September 8th, 2008 at 10:57 pm

[...] the Will Smith news keeps rolling in. MTV is reporting that actor Derek Luke got a little loosed lipped in an interview [...]

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