--- description: A on-screen version of Donna Tartt's best-selling novel—about a boy whose mother is killed at a bombing in a Manhattan art gallery and who escapes with the famous Carel Fabritius painting—is in the works title: 'The Goldfinch' Adaptation In The Works From 'Hunger Games' Producers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32686493a428f49d/698684afadae44f702541e10/goldfinch-large-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [book](/tag/book/) ## book Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Hunger Games_ Producers To Adapt Donna Tartt's _The Goldfinch_ by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 10, 2014 1:24 PM CUT  'The Goldfinch' by Donna Tartt 'The Goldfinch' by Donna TarttLittle, Brown and Company by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 10, 2014 1:24 PM CUT If you, along with book critics around the world, loved Donna Tartt’s best-selling novel _The Goldfinch_, you’re in luck. An onscreen adaptation is in the works by the very same people who turned _The Hunger Games_ into one of the most popular book-to-film franchises of all time. Producer Nina Jacobson, who was involved with all four _Hunger Games_ films, and her production company Color Force are working on an adaptation of Tartt’s sprawling novel about a boy whose mother is killed in a bombing at art gallery, though he survives and escapes with the Carel Fabritius’ painting, “The Goldfinch.” [_The Wrap_](http://www.thewrap.com/hunger-games-producers-adapt-donna-tartts-goldfinch-exclusive/ "undefined") reports that Jacobson’s production team is in the process of finding a director. “We are looking for the right filmmaker, and then we’ll choose the right home based on that filmmaker,” [Nina Jacobson told _The Wrap_](http://www.thewrap.com/hunger-games-producers-adapt-donna-tartts-goldfinch-exclusive/ "undefined"). “We’ve been thinking we are more likely to make a limited series for TV. There’s so much scope to the book. At the same time, a filmmaker could come in with a perspective that changes our mind.” Yet Jacobson gave no clue to what directors they were considering or if there were any stars they had in mind. “With a piece of material this great, there are a lot of conversations to be had,” Jacobson said. \[[_The Wrap_](http://www.thewrap.com/hunger-games-producers-adapt-donna-tartts-goldfinch-exclusive/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/18071/the-goldfinch-adaptation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/18071/the-goldfinch-adaptation/"},"headline":"Hunger Games Producers To Adapt Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch","datePublished":"2014-03-10T13:24:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:40:32.576Z","description":"A on-screen version of Donna Tartt's best-selling novel—about a boy whose mother is killed at a bombing in a Manhattan art gallery and who escapes with the famous Carel Fabritius painting—is in the works","url":"https://time.com/18071/the-goldfinch-adaptation/","keywords":["book","The Hunger Games","film"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32686493a428f49d/698684afadae44f702541e10/goldfinch-large-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32686493a428f49d/698684afadae44f702541e10/goldfinch-large-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"goldfinch-large-1","caption":"'The Goldfinch' by Donna Tartt","creditText":"Little, Brown and Company","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/book/","name":"book"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/18071/the-goldfinch-adaptation/","name":"Hunger Games Producers To Adapt Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch"}}]}] ```