![]() ![]() Adapted by Peter Straughan ( Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and directed by John Crowley ( Brooklyn). Tartt’s 2014 Pulitzer-winning novel, The Goldfinch, is a Dickensian coming of age story set within the lush framework of the art world on the Upper East Side, and the film version, which just hit theaters, contains a cast full of stars including Nicole Kidman, Ansel Elgort, Sarah Paulson, and Jeffrey Wright. Entertainment Weekly called it a “perfect blend of high-end art and low-end drama that is so popular on our screens right now.” Those of us who believe that Tartt’s debut is her true masterpiece can find little solace in the fact that her first work to be adapted to the screen hits theaters this autumn. Search the internet for lists of books that should have been made into films, and The Secret History, shows up on most of them. Still, if networks and studios are turning to books for creative properties at a booming rate, then it hurts all the more when a cult favorite languishes in the development process. And for every novel that gets optioned by a streaming giant, there are only a select few that get actual release dates. For every Little Women adaptation that gets made again and again, there’s a Confederacy of Dunces script stuck in a drawer. ![]() ![]() However, even the most cinematic of books don’t always end up on the big screen. ![]()
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