Laurence Fishburne and Harvey Weinstein are joining forces to bring Paulo Coelho's novel "
The Alchemist" to the screen in a $60 million-plus film adaptation.
First published in Brazil in 1988, the best-selling novel tells the story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, who while traveling the world in search of treasure meets an alchemist, to be played by Fishburne. The actor will also direct and produce.