Randall Wallace is a busy man these days. Besides gearing up to direct “Secretariat” for Disney and adapting Steven Pressfield’s novel “Killing Rommel,” the “Braveheart” screenwriter is also set to write “The Last Pharaoh,” according to Variety.
Will Smith will take on the lead role in the film, which focuses on the pharaoh Taharqa and his battle against the Assyrians in ancient Egypt. A director has yet to be announced.
Smith most recently starred in Peter Berg’s action flick “Hancock.” He also recently wrapped principal photography for Gabriele Muccino’s upcoming drama “Seven Pounds.”
Wallace also wrote “Pear Harbor” and directed “The Man in the Iron Mask” and “We Were Soldiers.”