Are there any plans to release a movie adaption of the Lois Lowery book The Giver?
Yes. In the fall of 1994, actor Jeff Bridges and his ASIS Productions film company established an agreement with Lancit Media Productions to adapt The Giver to film. In the years following, members of the partnership changed and the production team grew in size, but little motion was seen toward making the film. At one point, screenwriter Ed Neumeier was signed to create the screenplay. Later, Neumeier was replaced by Todd Alcott and Walden Media became the central production company. An Internet Movie Database entry for The Giver appeared in late 2004, which claims a release date in 2007. Bridges himself is, at present, the only credited cast member to be listed. The Giver is currently in pre-production and is slated for release in 2007. It is to be directed by Vadim Perelman, who also wrote the screenplay.
