Walt Disney Studios is said to be seriously thinking about turning Elton John/Tim Rice Tony Award-winning musical "Aida" into a big budget movie.

According to Jim Hill Media, Beyoncé Knowles is reportedly already in talks with the singer/actress to take the title role in this live-action story of an ancient Egyptian captain who captures a Nubian princess and falls in love with her. To spare her a life of hard labor, she's given as a handmaiden to Princess Amnerishis - his bride-to-be.

The original musical is based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera, and Knowles' fellow "Destiny's Child" bandmate Michelle T. Williams previously starred in a production of it.

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