the rock a king?
HONOLULU (AP) - Pro wrestler-turned-actor The Rock could get some competition when he plays a real-life king.
A California movie company said it is also planning to produce a film about Hawaii's Kamehameha the Great that would feature a Hawaiian actor in the title role.
``We are looking at two actors of Hawaiian descent who will make a great Kamehameha,'' said Gary German, a principal with North Shore Pictures Entertainment Inc. of Glendale, Calif. ``It would be a great taboo for the part of Kamehameha to go to a nationality that was a fierce enemy of the Hawaiians during that time.''
Last month, The Rock, whose real name is Dwayne Johnson, said he would play the king for Columbia Pictures in a still-untitled version based on a screenplay by former Maui resident Greg Poirier.
Kamehameha the Great ruled from 1795 to until his death in 1819.
The casting of Johnson, whose movie credits include ``The Mummy Returns'' and this year's ``The Scorpion King,'' raised some eyebrows in the Hawaiian community because the former Hawaii resident is of Samoan and African-American ancestry.
North Shore Pictures said its movie will be titled ``Kamehameha.''
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