K.T Simpson
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is set to star in “The King”, with Robert Zemeckis at the helm, as Hawaiian king Kamehameha.
According to Deadline, Kamehameha is the legendary king who was the first to unite the warring Hawaiian islands, which fulfilled the prophecy that surrounded his fabled life since birth. He took control of Hawaii’s destiny, and gave the islanders leverage in advancing the culture in trading with the foreign ships from Europe that began showing up on the shores of islands that must have seemed like paradise, albeit a sometimes dangerous one as explorers like Simon Metcalfe and Captain James Cook discovered before Kamehameha forcibly unified the islands.
Warner Bros and New Line won the bidding for the project, which is based on a spec written by “Braveheart” screenwriter Randall Wallace.
At this stage, the film looks set to begin production in 2020.
