The first official trailer for The Giver , the adaptation of Lois Lowry’s award-winning children’s novel of the same name, has hit the Web and one thing is sure: The Giver delivers!
The film, starring Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes, Brenton Thwaites and Jeff Bridges as the eponymous Giver of Memory, tells the tale of a seemingly utopian society where harmony means conformity and all past conflict has been whitewashed, save for the one man entrusted with safeguarding society’s memory. Everyone has a role to play; Jonas, Thwaites’s role, is chosen as the Receiver of Memory and comes under the tutelage of the title character.
“Hey, let’s show an adolescent boy that the perfect world he knows is a facade. But just him. What could go wrong?”
The Giver nabbed Lowry the 1994 Newbery Medal , given to “the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children” by the American Library Service. The film is set for release on August 15 and this 86-second trailer gives just enough to keep us wanting more.
What do you think of the trailer for The Giver ? Have you read The Giver ?
