Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Alchemist’ to get film adaptation

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A film adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s international best-seller The Alchemist is in the works once again.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/movies/paolo-coelho-the-alchemist-upcoming-film-adaptation/

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00:00 A film adaptation of Paulo Coelho's international bestseller The Alchemist is in the works once again.

00:06 Entertainment site Deadline reports,

00:08 "Legendary Entertainment, which produced films such as Steve Jobs, Black Lanceman and Dune,

00:13 acquires the rights to adapt the bestselling book."

00:16 The Alchemist tells the allegorical epic story of an Andalusian shepherd

00:21 who goes on a quest to the pyramids of Egypt in search of treasure.

00:24 Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist was first published in Portuguese in Brazil in 1988

00:30 and was later translated into 53 languages.

00:33 Meantime, publisher Tidal Wave Comics publishes a comic book about the journey of pop star Billie Eilish

00:39 from a young dancer to Oscar-winning songwriter.

00:42 Tidal Wave Comics adds Billie to its Female Force series celebrating authors, business executives,

00:48 entertainers, journalists, politicians and activists.

00:52 The comic is set to be released on October 10 in digital and print formats.

00:56 (upbeat music)

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