'Maleficent' Star Brenton Thwaites Joins Jeff Bridges in 'The Giver'

By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Australian actor Brenton Thwaites ("Maleficent") has beat out several of his fellow rising stars for the young male lead opposite Jeff Bridges in the Weinstein Company and Walden Media's adaptation of "The Giver," TheWrap has learned. Based on the bestselling book by Lois Lowry, "The Giver" is a largely introspective fantasy tale set in a colorless dystopian society that enforces Sameness and fears freedom. All memory of human history has been erased, emotion does not exist and citizens' professions are chosen for them. ...



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