Releasing a film adaptation of The Giver in 2014 was always going to be tricky. Why? Because Lois Lowry's kid-lit classic, first published in 1993, helped to invent the tropes of dystopian young adult fiction.
Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes, Alexander Skarsgård and yes, even Taylor Swift are all in the Hollywood adaptation of The Giver, which gives junior high school kids one less book they will actually have to read for school. It's pretty jarring
Earlier today the trailer for The Giver dropped. Unfortunately and somewhat surprisingly, the Hollywood adaptation of Lois Lowry's book is in color! This is NOT Giver canon. But don't worry — the internet has fixed that for you.
The official trailer for the highly-anticipated film adaptation of Lois Lowry's beloved dystopian novel, The Giver, made its debut on the Today show Wednesday, March 19 — and it sure does look thrilling. PHOTOS: Meryl Streep and other celebrities in
He's chosen to become the next Receiver of Memory — the only person who can recall what life was like before the sameness — and when he begins his training with the Giver (Jeff Bridges), he begins to learn the dark secrets that his community is hiding.