Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges says that he’d like to be part of the big-screen adaptation of Lois Lowery’s The Giver.

The novel follows a 12-year-old boy in a futuristic utopian society that has deleted all human memory and emotional depth, described as ‘Sameness’.

The boy is then appointed as the ‘Receiver of Memory’, storing all the original memories before the deletion in case they are required for community decisions that the citizens are no longer able to make.

The True Grit actor told Variety that he felt it would be an interesting role to take on, though he wanted his father Lloyd to star in it before he died.

Bridges said: “I originally thought of the role of The Giver as a vehicle for my father, the late Lloyd Bridges; however, at 61 years old, I feel the time is right for me to do it”.

Bridges would play the role of a wise elder if he agrees a deal. Harry Potter director David Yates has been named as a possible director.

The Giver won the 1994 Newberry Medal, which is awarded for the best young adult fiction novels.