Peter Chelsom will direct Martin Seay's novel The Mirror Thief with his writing partner, Tinker Lindsay (Hector & The Search for Happiness), Deadline reported. John Albanis has optioned the novel and will produce.
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RatPac Entertainment and Warner Bros. have hired John Crowley (Brooklyn) to direct The Goldfinch, based on Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Prize-winner. Deadline reported that the project "will be produced by Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson of Color Force, along with RatPac's Brett Ratner, with James Packer executive producer. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy scribe Peter Straughan wrote the script."
