Script will be written by Jack Thorne, who wrote “Extraordinary” and “Enola Holmes”
One of the greatest classics of modern Brazilian literature, The Alchemist (2023) is about to become a film from production company Legendary Entertainment, according to information from Variety.
The romance of Paulo Coelho It became a worldwide bestseller, won several literary awards over the decades and currently holds the record for the most translated work by a living author.
Whoever signs the script is Jack Thorneknown for the long Extraordinary (2017), for the series His Dark Materials (2019) and by films Enola Holmes (2020), from Netflix.
Originally published in 1988, The Alchemist follows an Andalusian shepherd named Santiago. He travels in search of treasure buried in the Egyptian pyramids and finds lessons of wisdom along the way.
The idea of transforming The Alchemist in film has been going on since 2016 in Hollywood, most recently with the Overbrook Entertainment, producer of Will Smith It is Jada Pinkett Smith. None of these attempts were completed, however.
Paulo Coelho He is the most popular Brazilian author in the world. His 26 works have sold more than 150 million copies in total, been translated into 80 languages, and distributed in more than 160 countries.
Source: Rollingstone
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