The vaguely predatory vibe in this just-popped trailer for Phillip Noyce‘s The Giver (Weinstein Co., 8.15) speaks for itself. The unknown faces of the young leads (Brenton Thwaites, Odeya Rush) are a mild stopper but then along comes Meryl Streep in that Pocahantas hippie-momma wig and we’re off to the races. And then a guttural voice of foreboding from producer/costar Jeff Bridges. Somewhat darker and less baroque than The Hunger Games — a rigged, chilly feeling. Bridges: “The way things look and the way things are, are very different. I cannot prepare you for what’s going to happen.”
