Denzel Washington lands role of African general Hannibal Barca in new Netflix Epic

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As reported on the Variety Magazine website on November 13, Denzel Washington will play the decorated African general Hannibal Barca for a Netflix epic. Denzel will be reunited with Training Day and Equalizer director Antoine Fuqua for the project. The film will be written by John Logan who wrote the Gladiator starring Russell Crowe.

Hannibal is one of t…