Dwayne Johnson to play Hawaiian King Kamehameha in Robert Zemeckis' 'The King'

Ever since Dwayne Johnson started his career in Hollywood he wanted to play the role of King Kamehameha and now he finally signed on the film slated to begin filming in 2020

This may sound familiar but it's new. Dwayne Johnson is set to play the Hawaiian King Kamehameha I in Warner Bros.' epic 'The King,' in what will be a dream come true for the star. 

Adding another film to his long set of projects, Johnson will play Kamehameha on a script from Braveheart scribe Randall Wallace and directed by Robert Zemeckis. Kamehameha is known as the founder and first ruler of the kingdom of Hawaii, uniting the warring islands. 'The King' is described as a sweeping historical epic based on the true-life story of Kamehameha, who fulfilled the prophecy that surrounded his fabled life since birth.

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