YouTubeFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsWatch The Goldfinch trailer featuring Finn Wolfhard and Perfume GeniusDonna Tartt’s prizewinning novel has been adapted for the big screenShareLink copied ✔️May 30, 2019May 30, 2019TextPatrick Benjamin Donna Tartt’s 2014 Pulitzer prizewinning novel The Goldfinch has been adapted for the big screen, starring young Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver) and teen superstar Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things). Tartt’s tale of childhood trauma follows 13-year-old Theo Decker, who survives a terrorist attack at an art gallery in which his mother is killed. Stumbling through the debris after the bomb blast, he picks up a Dutch Golden Age painting called “The Goldfinch”, his one source of comfort as he descends into a life of crime. A trailer for director John Crowley’s adaptation, released yesterday, offers a glimpse of the heart-wrenching, tear-jerking production, set to a hauntingly beautiful pop-requiem from Seattle artist Perfume Genius. “When I lost her,” Theo says in the trailer, “I lost sight of any landmark that might have led me some place happier.” Flashing forward to his later life we see Theo struggling with drug addiction and haunted by images of his dead mother and the painting he salvaged from the rubble of the art gallery blast when he was a child: “In Amsterdam, I dreamt I saw my mother again. Same beautiful, pale blue eyes,” he says. Finn Wolfhard plays Boris, a wealthy son of a Ukrainian immigrant, who befriends Theo and helps him deal with his trauma. The film is set for release September 13 and you can watch the full trailer below. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, #TheGoldfinch arrives in theaters September 13. | @USATODAYpic.twitter.com/1c6J7Pemqy— The Goldfinch Movie (@GoldfinchMovie) May 29, 2019Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWho is Takashi Miike? An intro to Japanese cinema’s cult provocateurThe Good Boy is a sick, twisted nightmare about delinquent teensArco, a striking, soul-stirring sci-fi about lonely kids in 2075Bill Skarsgård and Gus Van Sant on their scrappy thriller Dead Man’s WireScarlet: Anime legend Mamoru Hosoda’s trippy new take on Hamlet7 unmissable films from South by Southwest 2026 Why fans are turning against Timothée ChalametOscars 2026: The biggest snubs from this year’s nominationsCasting is finally getting its flowers at the 2026 OscarsThe story behind Resurrection, Bi Gan’s dreamy cinematic epic Sound of Falling is the most experimental teen drama of all timeEveryone needs to calm down about Timothée ChalametEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy