Laurence Fishburne will adapt, direct and star in an adaptation of Paolo Coehlo's The Alchemist, reports Production Weekly.
Fishburne will play the part of Santiago, well-educated and who had intended to be a priest. A desire for travel, however, prompted him to become a shepherd instead. He's contented, but then he dreams twice about hidden treasure, an a seer tells him to follow the dream's instructions: got to Egypt's pyramids, where he fill find a treasure. Santiago makes it to the pyramids and there learns where his fortune is actually to be found.
The film will shoot in Dubai, amongst other locations including Jordan, next year.
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