After two decades of stops and starts — from Warner Bros. to The Weinstein Co. to Westbrook Studios — the feature adaption of Paulo Coelho's novel has Jack Thorne attached for a feature adaptation.
— is attached to write the feature adaptation of a popular 1988 novel that has seen a road to the big screen as winding as the traveler’s philosophical journey in the book.with the intent of making the movie themselves. Warners acquired author Coelho’s book — about a traveler journeying the world during the Inquisition in order to find man’s purpose in the world — in 2003 as a Fishburne vehicle.Paramount+ Names Anna Priest U.K.
In 2008, The Weinstein Co. boarded the project as producers, partnering with Fishburne and buying the film rights. By 2015, it looked as if Idris Elba was attached to star in the Weinstein adaptation, with Fishburne set to direct. But the project was put into turnaround some months later, and in 2016, PalmStar Media acquired film rights and the developed screenplays for $5 million in partnership with TriStar. At this time, Fishburne was still attached to direct. But in July 2021, he was no longer directing.
Instead, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Studios unveiled a deal to join with Netter Films to produce , with PalmStar founder Kevin Frakes set to make his feature directorial debut on the project, having co-written the screenplay.
The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches readers about the essential wisdom of listening to their hearts and learning to read the omens strewn along life’s path to follow dreams.Thorne is repped by UTA and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern, as well as Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in the UK.
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