Brooklyn Director John Crowley to Helm Film Adaptation of Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch

Brooklyn director John Crowley will helm the film adaptation of Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Goldfinch, Deadline reports. Here’s to hoping that Crowley does the novel justice, especially since he garnered such high praise (and a Best Picture Oscar nomination) for adapting the novel Brooklyn into a film.

Peter Straughan, who wrote Frank and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, has already been confirmed to write the script for The Goldfinch’s big-screen transformation.

Tartt’s novel chronicles the story of young Theo Decker, who is grieving after his mother dies in a tragic terrorist attack in a museum they were visiting. His only reminder of her is a small painting that he carries with him as he bounces from home to home in his adolescence and into adulthood. He eventually becomes tied up in a controversy surrounding a piece of art missing from the Met.

Warner Bros. signed on to adapt the bestseller in July 2014.

Brooklyn Director John Crowley to Helm Film Adaptation of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch