This Article is From Aug 07, 2013

Meryl Streep to star in The Giver

Meryl Streep to star in The Giver

Meryl Streep will reportedly play an authoritarian figure in the movie.

Highlights

  • Oscar-winner Meryl Streep is set to be the new addition to drama The Giver, featuring Jeff Bridges, which is an adaptation of Lois Lowry's dystopian children's novel of the same name.
  • The film is a co-production between The Weinstein Company and Walden Media and is being directed by Phil Noyce, reported Deadline.
  • Streep, 64, is in talks to play the chief elder, the authoritarian charged with keeping order in a society that seems utopian. They have eliminated pain and strife by converting to Sameness a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives.
  • Jonas, a 12-year-old, is selected to be the receiver of memories, who stores all the memories before the sameness.
  • Bridges, 63, plays the lead role of the previous receiver.
Los Angeles: Oscar-winner Meryl Streep is set to be the new addition to drama The Giver, featuring Jeff Bridges, which is an adaptation of Lois Lowry's dystopian children's novel of the same name.

The film is a co-production between The Weinstein Company and Walden Media and is being directed by Phil Noyce, reported Deadline.

Streep, 64, is in talks to play the chief elder, the authoritarian charged with keeping order in a society that seems utopian. They have eliminated pain and strife by converting to Sameness a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives.

Jonas, a 12-year-old, is selected to be the receiver of memories, who stores all the memories before the sameness.

Bridges, 63, plays the lead role of the previous receiver.
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