In October 2023, Legendary Entertainment secured the film adaptation of Paulo Coelho‘s The Alchemist after the project was halted several times. At the time, Jack Thorne was attached to write the film.
“[The Alchemist tells the story of Santiago], a young man who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories can, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life’s path, and, above all, following our dreams,” the official description of the project read.