April 2, 2009

Latest on the Atlas Shrugged Movie

The rumored Atlas Shrugged movie may start filming next year:

Producers are looking to shoot next year, driven in part by the timeliness, as well as by a clause in the option. A high net-worth individual with whom the Baldwins have partnered controls the option, but that option would revert to the Rand estate if production doesn't begin by the end of 2010.

I.e. in time for release during the 2012 election season.

Philosophy Posted by JohnGalt at April 2, 2009 2:53 PM

JG: my biggest fear is that even a three-hour movie would have to cut too much material to do it justice. I'd still like to see this as a twelve-episode miniseries. It worked for "Band of Brothers."

I also read that Angelina Jolie is out. Who do the ThreeSourcers want to see cast?

Posted by: Keith at April 2, 2009 3:48 PM

The Refugee will nominate Kelsey Grammer and Bo Derek, two individuals for whom that acting should not be a stretch.

Posted by: Boulder Refugee at April 2, 2009 5:33 PM

I'm not so confident that the story could hold an audience through a trilogy, much less a miniseries, being bereft of trolls and elves and wookies and such. Think of the movie as the Cliff's Notes version of the book.

Casting: Hmmm, that's a good question. If they were younger I'd like Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, but Goldie would have to become a brunette. (Sorry blondes.) Still, with the same movie magic that made Harrison Ford a believable Indiana Jones in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull they might just pull it off.

Dagny just offered up Liam Neeson as Galt (OK with me) and she said Dagny should be cast as a redhead (also OK with me.)

Posted by: johngalt at April 3, 2009 11:12 AM

Speaking of the Atlas Shrugged Cliffs Notes, it was written by Objectivist Andrew Bernstein, whom dagny and I have met, and is widely praised. Dr. Bernstein officiated at the wedding of friends of ours and we had the pleasure of driving him to and from the ceremony. The ceremony was held in the same location as ours: The amphitheater on Flagstaff Mountain near Boulder.

Posted by: johngalt at April 3, 2009 11:30 AM | What do you think? [4]