Pharaoh my be Will Smith’s next role.

We are going ancient with Pharaoh Taharqa who battled Assyrain invaders in Egypt in the story The Last Pharaoh.

According to Variety, Smith brought the pharaoh story to Randall Wallace of Braveheart. He is set to write the story that centers on Taharqa battles with Esarhaddon, Assyrain leader, around 677B.C.