The Goldfinch trivia: 40 facts about the new film!

The Goldfinch is a new drama film based on the book of the same name. It had its worldwide premiere at the TIFF 2019.

It will debut this Friday so let’s dive into some trivia and facts about this film!

1. The Goldfinch is a 2019 American drama film
2. It is directed by John Crowley
3. It is written by Peter Straughan
4. The film is adapted from the 2013 novel of the same name by Donna Tartt
5. It stars Ansel Elgort as a young man whose troubled childhood leads him to the world of art forgery
6. Oakes Fegley, Aneurin Barnard, Finn Wolfhard, Sarah Paulson, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, and Nicole Kidman appears in supporting roles
7. The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival
8. It is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on September 13, 2019
9. In July 2014, film rights to the novel were sold to Warner Bros. Pictures and RatPac Entertainment with ICM Partners brokering the deal
10. Two years later, John Crowley was hired to direct the film adaptation
11. In August 2017, Warner Bros. finalized a deal with Amazon Studios to co-finance the adaptation
12. Amazon would invest in more than a third of the project’s budget
    And obtain streaming rights to the picture on its Prime service
13. While Warner Bros. would distribute the film in theaters worldwide
14. On October 4, 2017, after a two-month casting search, Ansel Elgort was selected to portray the lead role of Theodore “Theo” Decker
15. Following his breakout turn in Baby Driver
16. On the same day, cinematographer Roger Deakins revealed to Variety that The Goldfinch is his next project after Blade Runner 2049
17. Later that month, in light of his recent performance in Dunkirk, Aneurin Barnard was cast as Boris
18. On November 15, Sarah Paulson was cast as Xandra
19. By late November, Trevor Gureckis was hired as the film’s composer
20. In December 2017, Willa Fitzgerald and Ashleigh Cummings joined the cast
21. During the same month, Kelley Dixon from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul was enlisted to be the film’s editor
22. In January 2018, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Wilson, Finn Wolfhard, and Luke Kleintank joined the cast
23. Later that month, the rest of the cast was announced as principal production commenced
24. Principal photography began in New York on January 23, 2018
25. Before moving to Albuquerque on April 3, 2018 for the rest of production
26. Footage from the film was first shown at CinemaCon on April 2, 2019
27. First official images were released on May 28, 2019
28. As well as the first official teaser poster of the film
29. The first official trailer was released on May 29, 2019
30. The Goldfinch had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2019
31. It is scheduled to be released on September 13, 2019
32. After previously being set for October 11
33. In the United States and Canada, The Goldfinch will be released alongside Hustlers
34. And is projected to gross $5- 8 million from 2,500 theaters in its opening weekend
35. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 26%
36. Based on 54 reviews
37. With an average rating of 4.5/10
38. The site’s critical consensus reads: “Beautifully filmed yet mostly inert, The Goldfinch mishandles its source material, flattening a complex narrative into a largely uninvolving disappointment”
39. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 41 out of 100, based on 20 critics
40. Indicating “mixed or average reviews”