The painting featured in the novel, The Goldfinch, is work by Carel Fabritius from 1654. It belongs to the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands. Author Donna Tartt first saw the painting twenty years before the release of the book.
First collaboration between Amazon and Warner Bros. Amazon is providing more than a third of the film's budget and has exclusive streaming rights and distribution through their entertainment platform. Warner Bros. has control over theatrical and global distribution.
Finn Wolfhard was not John Crowley's first choice for young Boris, as Crowley wanted to cast young Russian theatre actors from New York, but Wolfhard ultimately won the role by impressing Crowley and dialect coach Kristina Nazarevskaia in his audition with a perfect Russian accent.
Julianne Moore turned down the part of Theodore's mother, while Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson turned down the part of Hobie.