It’s been rumored for years that Atlas Shrugged would be coming to the big screen.
Just a couple of years ago, Angelina Jolie was rumored tobe signed on for the part of Dagny Taggart. However, she seemed to get too busy having kids and (oops!) the project seemed to disappear.
Now, however, the Risky Biz Blog is reporting that efforts are again under way to bring Atlas to the big screen:
Hollywood could soon be going Objectivist.
After decades in development hell, Ayn Rand’s capitalism-minded “Atlas Shrugged” is taking new steps toward the big screen — with one of the film world’s most prominent money men potentially at its center.
According to Risky Biz:
Although it was written a half-century ago, producers say that the book’s themes of individualism resonate in the era of Obama, government bailouts and stimulus packages — making this the perfect moment to bring the 1,100-page novel to the big screen.
“This couldn’t be more timely,” said Karen Baldwin, who along with husband Howard is producing, with film industry consultant John Logigian advising on the project. “It’s uncanny what Rand was able to predict — about the only things she didn’t anticipate are cell phones and the Internet.” Baldwin may be on to something — love it or hate it, “Shrugged” is seeing a resurgence, with book sales spiking as debates rage in Washington and around the country about the government’s role in a faltering free-market economy.
Of course, when someone finally does get the film into theaters is anyone’s guess. And, by the time it does happen, all of the nation’s producers may have indeed gone on strike.
