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Jeff Bridges Wants Meryl Streep in The Giver

The prospect of Jeff Bridges playing that sad-eyed, bearded ancient from the cover of Lois Lowry’s 1993 classic The Giver is almost impossible to improve upon. But Meryl Streep’s a good way to boost the excitement factor for any project, and now she’s in talks to play the film’s chief elder, “the authoritarian charged with keeping order in a society that seems utopian.” Phillip Noyce (Salt, Patriot Games, The Bone Collector) is directing, Australian newcomer Brenton Thwaites will star as Jonas, and production is starting soon in South Africa.

Jeff Bridges Wants Meryl Streep in The Giver