The Alchemist Movie

Readers have wanted The Alchemist to become a movie ever since the novel was published. Paulo Coelho was skeptical about selling the screen rights to production companies, because he didn't feel a movie could capture the essence of his book. However, at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, Harvey Weinstein of The Weinstein Company announced that he had bought the rights to the film and Laurence Fishburne was to be the director (though there are now rumors that Fishburne will no longer be the director). The film is listed in production, and is supposedly set to be released in 2014.

This short film was presented at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival as a trailer for The Weinstein Company's version of The Alchemist.