Vadim Perelman, who made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed adaptation of “House of Sand and Fog,” has signed on to turn the award-winning children’s book “The Giver” into a feature.
The story centers on Jonas, a 12-year-old boy living in an idyllic future society where all memory of human history has been erased. His life is thrown into turmoil when he is designated to inherit the role of the Giver — the sole keeper of the vast range of human emotions.
The Walden Media project will be distributed by 20th Century Fox. Walden Media executive Alex Schwartz called Lois Lowry’s Newbery Award-winning book “a jewel in the canon” of children’s literature. The family-friendly filmmaker recently produced “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe.”
Perelman is in preproduction on “Truce” for Warner Independent Pictures.
