The Goldfinch: who should direct and star in the movie?

Warner Bros has bought the rights to film Donna Tartts bestseller. Who do you think would be perfect to play Theo Decker and company and who should direct?

The excitement surrounding The Goldfinch seems to have no end in sight. When its not it being lauded with the Pulitzer prize, its crowds flocking to see the original artwork by which Donna Tartts novel was inspired, or articles praising the book as one of the best of the year. Now the inevitable movie version is on its way it doesnt even have a director, a screenwriter or a cast yet, but at this rate its becoming one of the most hyped movies-to-be of the year.

After the news that it was most certainly going to be made into a film (or TV miniseries), now we have confirmation that the deal has been signed by Warner Bros, which also bought the rights for Tartts 1992 novel The Secret History (but havent yet filmed it). It will be produced by Brad Simpson, Bafta-Winning Hunger Games franchise producer Nina Jacobson and Brett Ratner, director of the current summer blockbuster Hercules.

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