MUMBAI: The Weinstein Company (TWC) is set to adapt Paulo Coelho‘s best-selling novel The Alchemist into a full length feature film.
The film, to be made at a budget of approximately $60 million, will be directed by actor Laurence Fishburne who will also star in the film as the lead character.
Laurence Fishburne said, “The deal to adapt the Brazilian writer‘s novel is a dream come true for me and I am looking forward to directing it, acting in it, and collaborating with Harvey Weinstein to produce a beautiful film that will do justice to Paulo‘s enormously successful novel.”
The book tells the story of Santiago, a Spanish shepherd who dreams of finding a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids. He embarks on his quest, falls in love and learns life’s lessons along the way.
Coelho said, “I am very happy that my book will be filmed in the way I intended it to be, and I hope the spirit and simplicity of my work will be preserved.”
Bob and Harvey Weinstein, creators of the multi-media company TWC in March 2008, have been associated with many award-winning films including Shakespeare in Love (that won seven Academy Awards in 1999, including best picture), The English Patient, Good Will Hunting and Chicago.
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