First GIFTED Trailer Don’t miss the first GIFTED trailer! The film, directed by Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, 500 Days of Summer), stars Chris Evans, Jenny Slate, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, and Octavia Spencer. GIFTED will be released in theaters on April 12. Frank Adler (Chris Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy – his spirited young niece Mary (Mckenna Grace) in a coastal town in Florida. Frank’s plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old’s mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank’s formidable mother Evelyn (Lindsay Duncan) whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary. Octavia Spencer plays Roberta, Frank and Mary’s landlady and best friend. Jenny Slate is Mary’s teacher, Bonnie, a young woman whose concern for her student develops into a connection with her uncle as well.