‘Adolescence’ Director Philip Barantini to Adapt Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Alchemist’

Although Philip Barantini had a solid career both as an actor and filmmaker before Adolescence, the series launched him into stardom, and we are quite happy that he is now enjoying a lot of success.
We know that he is going to helm Enola Holmes 3 very soon, but based on the latest report, it seems that he is taking on another major and potentially challenging project.
As things stand, an adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s world-famous novel The Alchemist is in the works and it seems that Barantini is the one who will be helming the adaptation as its director.
Related: Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ Ending Explained: Here’s Why Jamie Killed Katie
As far as the project itself is concerned, not much is known at this moment. According to the report, Legendary is working on the movie and is aiming for a 2026 production start, which is interesting, considering Barantini...
We know that he is going to helm Enola Holmes 3 very soon, but based on the latest report, it seems that he is taking on another major and potentially challenging project.
As things stand, an adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s world-famous novel The Alchemist is in the works and it seems that Barantini is the one who will be helming the adaptation as its director.
Related: Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ Ending Explained: Here’s Why Jamie Killed Katie
As far as the project itself is concerned, not much is known at this moment. According to the report, Legendary is working on the movie and is aiming for a 2026 production start, which is interesting, considering Barantini...
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