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Weinstein to produce "Alchemist" film adaptation (Reuters)
news.yahoo.com - 5/18/2008
Weinstein to produce "Alchemist" film adaptation (Reuters)
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Reuters - The Weinstein Company will produce Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist" in a big-budget adaptation directed by Hollywood star Laurence Fishburne, Harvey Weinstein announced in Cannes on Sunday.

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Filmstalker — ... controlling a city from prison, Butler will play a District Attorney standing in his way. The original plot had the DA being targeted by a person who feels mistreated by the legal system. Filming will start in August. The Weinstein Company are to make a film of Paulo Coelho's novel The Alchemist . The Hollywood adaptation will be directed by Laurence Fishburne . Fishburne will also play The Alchemist , and Harvey Weinstein is going to produce. News comes from Yahoo! .

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