The book earned rave reviews from all sides so a movie deal was not far off, and this week brings news that Ralph Fiennes might star in it.
Variety reports that Warners and Amazon are eyeing Fiennes for the part of Hobie, an antiques dealer who befriends Theo.
Warner Bros. and Amazon have locked down a deal to co-finance a feature adaptation of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch, that book your mom’s book club and your more literary friends probably read last year.
Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother.