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"Phillip Noyce has entered talks to direct the big screen adaptation of Lois Lowry&amp;#039;s acclaimed dystopian novel The Giver. The Salt director would join The Weinstein Company, Walden Media and producers Jeff Bridges and Nikki Silver on the project, which has seen Harry Potter&amp;#039;s David Yates and Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog) circle the director&amp;#039;s chair.   Bridges, who optioned the film rights to the book after its publication in 1993, will take on the title role, reports Variety. Lowry&amp;#039;s story takes place in a world where pain, suffering and emotion have been eradicated after society converts to &amp;quot;Sameness&amp;quot;. An 11-year-old boy called Jonas is selected to become the community&amp;#039;s next &amp;quot;Receiver of Memory&amp;quot;, the person who holds all past memories. The Giver has sold more than 10 million copies and was followed by three loose sequels: Gathering Blue, Messenger and Son. Noyce&amp;#039;s other directing credits include Patriot Games, The Bone Collector and The Quiet American. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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