Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist is being tailored right into a function movie written by Enola Holmes scribe Jack Thorne.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Legendary Entertainment has secured the movie and tv rights to The Alchemist, a novel that was first printed in 1988. Working with Tristar Pictures, Legendary Entertainment has now tapped Thorne to put in writing a screenplay adapting the novel right into a function movie.
Thorne wrote the screenplay for 2020’s Enola Holmes starring Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill, together with its 2022 sequel, Enola Holmes 2. He’s written various different movies all through his profession, together with 2017’s Wonder, 2019’s The Aeronauts, and 2020’s The Secret Garden. Additionally, Thorne was the showrunner for HBO Max’s His Dark Materials, whereas he additionally wrote the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stage play.
What Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist about?
Originally written in Portuguese, The Alchemist introduces readers to a younger shepherd from Andalusia named Santiago. After having reoccurring desires of discovering treasure hidden inside the pyramids of Egypt, Santiago leaves dwelling and embarks on a journey to uncover these misplaced riches, all whereas he learns a bit extra about life and himself alongside the approach.
Laurence Fishburne was beforehand connected to direct a model of The Alchemist that was being written by Scott McGehee and Dave Siegel. Idris Elba was seemingly connected to star in the movie; though, issues took a rocky flip when PalmStar Media bought the rights to The Alchemist in 2016. Fishburne nonetheless caught round for some time however in the end left the mission in 2021.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith introduced in July 2021 that they had been working with Netter Films to adapt The Alchemist right into a function movie; nevertheless, this mission additionally fell aside.
A director or potential launch date for Legendary Entertainment and Tristar Pictures’ The Alchemist has not but been introduced.
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