Scriptshadow Screenplay Review – The Giver (my favorite novel growing up) Genre: Sci-fi Premise: In the far off future, humans live in a “utopia” where there is no hate, no fear, no sadness, and most prominently, no knowledge of human kind’s history. When a young boy discovers the shocking truth about that history, he knows he must escape the community. About: The Giver was a book published back in 1993 and quickly broke out as one of the most popular dystopian novels ever written. It eventually made its way onto school reading lists. The adaptation I’m reviewing was written back in 2004 by Todd Alcott, who wrote the animated movie, Antz. However, since then, the script has obviously been rewritten a few times, and is now credited to Michael Mitnick (who looks freakishly like Ferris Bueller. Look him up!). I believe the film is almost done shooting, and has a fancy cast that includes Alexander Skarsgard, Meryl Streep, Taylor Swift, Jeff Bridges, and Katie Holmes. The film comes out in August of next year. “Salt” director Phillip Noyce directed. Writer: Todd Alcott (based on the book by Lois Lowry) Details: 118 pages – 12-14-04 (listed as “final” draft) scriptshadow.net/screenplay-review-the-giver/
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 20:22:47 +0000