“I’ve just heard within the past couple of days that The Giver, which they’ve been trying to make into a movie for 15 years, is finally on the road,”
“Things have ratcheted up, and they have producers and money and a director and a star. They hope to start shooting it in the spring.”
Source: http://www.studio360.org/blogs/studio-360-blog/2012/dec/20/lois-lowry-confirms-jeff-bridges-to-film-the-giver/