Larry Fishburne is Not Illiterate

June 27, 2007 Comments

Larry Fishburne on the set of SupaFly Space Gypsy

Laurence Fishburne and an independent production company have bought the rights to the movie version of Paulo Coelho's novel The Alchemist. Fishburne wrote the script and is also set to direct.

He directs AND writes! And to think, all this time I just thought he had a soothing voice, strong yet gentle hands, and a substantial, but not unapproachable male endowment.

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