'Brooklyn' director John Crowley to adapt Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'The Goldfinch'

Image from the novel

By Darian Scalamoni

            Last year’s biggest surprise at the Academy Awards had to be immigrant drama Brooklyn starring rising stars like Saiorse Ronan and Emory Cohen. It was a beautiful film that was wonderfully crafted by director John Crowley. Now, it seems that he has is next project and it’s based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

            According to The Playlist, Crowley will direct the adaptation of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch. Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Frank) is set to write the script for the drama. The story centers on a teenager who survives an incident that kills his mother and is taken in by a wealthy family. The full synopsis is as follows:

            Theo Decker, a 13-year old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don’t know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art.

            The premise sounds interesting and with great talent attached, I’m very excited about the potential of this project.