The Giver official trailer starring Brenton Thwaites

The Giver is an upcoming sci-fi drama movie starring Brenton Thwaites as the young Jonas who lives in a seemingly perfect world. The truth comes out when he is chosen to be the future “giver” and receives all of the past memories of his community.

The old giver is played by Jeff Bridges while Meryl Streep plays the Chief Elder, I am assuming that is the “bad guy” in this movie. Alexander Skarsgård and Katie Holmes play the father and mother of Jonas. Young actor Brenton Thwaites recently had prominent roles in Maleficent as Prince Phillip alongside Angelina Jolie, and the horror Oculus.

The Giver is based on the popular young adult novel by Lois Lowry. Phillip Noyce is the director of the film which is scheduled to premiere on August 15th in the US.

As movies based on young-adult fiction novels have become quite popular since Twilight, one must wonder if the movie will be a success or if it bombs. Looking at the cast of The Giver you can say it has a strong chance to be a success at the box office, even though teenagers aren’t really familiar with actors like Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep. Adults that know their work and previous movies can be disappointed by their choice to be in such a movie.

Divergent for example was a huge success with three more movies scheduled to be made, had fairly famous (but not to famous) young actors as leads, but also accomplished actress Ashley Judd and Kate Winslet as a back up and to broaden the target audience. The Giver is following that same recipe too, with Brenton Thwaites, Odeya Rush and Taylor Swift to appeal to the younger, teenage audience.

Still, if played well and with good internet marketing I think that The Giver, which has an interesting premise has a good chance to be a success. What do you think?

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