Writer-director Randall Wallace wasn't about to shrug off the chance to adapt Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" for the bigscreen.
Wallace, the "Braveheart" scribe known for taking on epic themes, will begin penning the script immediately for Lionsgate.
Angelina Jolie has already signed on to star in the film, which is being produced by Howard and Karen Baldwin ("Ray") -- who hold the rights to the classic book -- and Media Talent Group topper Geyer Kosinski.
Wallace, who last wrote and directed "We Were Soldiers" for Paramount, said he and his college-age son made a deal last year to read each other's favorite books. His was C.S. Lewis' "Mere Christianity," which runs around 100 pages; his son's was "Atlas Shrugged," which runs more than 1,100 pages.
"I was fascinated by Rand's book. It was original and provocative," Wallace told Daily Variety.
Wallace intends to finish the adaptation before he starts production next year on Catherine the Great epic "The Mercenary," another collaboration with Jolie.
"Mercenary," previously titled "Love and Honor," will be produced by Wallace's shingle, the Wheelhouse, which is in the final stages of closing a slate financing deal with a Wall Street private equity fund. "Mercenary," set in Russia during the time of the American Revolution, would be financed by the fund.
A movie version of "Atlas Shrugged" has been long in the making. Producer Al Ruddy tried for years, attracting the interest of Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway along the way.
Jolie is another longtime fan of Rand's, and she was eager to play the role of Dagny Taggart, the most powerful female character in any of the Russian-born author's books.
Wallace is repped by William Morris Agency. Jolie is managed by Kosinski.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 19 October 2006 04:15 (nineteen years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 19 October 2006 04:17 (nineteen years ago)
Not so hot anymore?
― this, however, is the crucial moment from the libertine's point of view (kenan), Thursday, 19 October 2006 04:19 (nineteen years ago)
I'd be the black sheep of this family so damn quick.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 October 2006 04:24 (nineteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 October 2006 04:25 (nineteen years ago)
oh for fuck's sake
x-post
― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Thursday, 19 October 2006 04:26 (nineteen years ago)
― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Thursday, 19 October 2006 04:27 (nineteen years ago)
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 19 October 2006 04:34 (nineteen years ago)
what
― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Thursday, 19 October 2006 04:49 (nineteen years ago)
For some reason, this seems totally logical.
― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 19 October 2006 04:53 (nineteen years ago)
― Zwan (miccio), Thursday, 19 October 2006 05:00 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 19 October 2006 05:02 (nineteen years ago)
― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Thursday, 19 October 2006 05:07 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 19 October 2006 05:13 (nineteen years ago)
― Maria (Maria), Thursday, 19 October 2006 05:19 (nineteen years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 19 October 2006 05:19 (nineteen years ago)
― Maria (Maria), Thursday, 19 October 2006 05:26 (nineteen years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 19 October 2006 05:27 (nineteen years ago)
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 19 October 2006 06:14 (nineteen years ago)
― James Herbert Dip (noodle vague), Thursday, 19 October 2006 07:00 (nineteen years ago)
SHOCKED
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 19 October 2006 09:06 (nineteen years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 19 October 2006 09:15 (nineteen years ago)
― Sir Lance A Zit (Dick Butkus), Thursday, 19 October 2006 10:47 (nineteen years ago)
directed by the director of the paris hilton sextape
― am0n (am0n), Thursday, 19 October 2006 12:10 (nineteen years ago)
― Zwan (miccio), Thursday, 19 October 2006 12:17 (nineteen years ago)
FFS, really? Paranoia over the Kennedy assasination and being cranky about Nixon was almost universal for his and subsiquent generations. How was Natural Born Killers a far-left movie?
― Coach Dave (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Thursday, 19 October 2006 12:35 (nineteen years ago)
― milo z (mlp), Thursday, 19 October 2006 13:37 (nineteen years ago)
― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Thursday, 19 October 2006 13:38 (nineteen years ago)
― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Thursday, 19 October 2006 13:51 (nineteen years ago)
― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 19 October 2006 13:53 (nineteen years ago)
― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 19 October 2006 13:54 (nineteen years ago)
― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Thursday, 19 October 2006 13:56 (nineteen years ago)
― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 19 October 2006 13:57 (nineteen years ago)
― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Thursday, 19 October 2006 13:58 (nineteen years ago)
― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Thursday, 19 October 2006 13:58 (nineteen years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 October 2006 13:59 (nineteen years ago)
http://thumb2.shutterstock.com/photos3/thumb_small/10087/10087,1132560086,1.jpg
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Thursday, 19 October 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 19 October 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)
― Mark Co (Markco), Thursday, 19 October 2006 14:44 (nineteen years ago)
― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 19 October 2006 14:46 (nineteen years ago)
― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 19 October 2006 14:49 (nineteen years ago)
US view on rand seems to = omg this is serious philosophy!!!
― Mark Co (Markco), Thursday, 19 October 2006 14:50 (nineteen years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 October 2006 14:51 (nineteen years ago)
― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 19 October 2006 14:52 (nineteen years ago)
― Eppy (Eppy), Thursday, 19 October 2006 15:01 (nineteen years ago)
but based on the number of people i know under 40 who call themselves libertarians, i won't be surprised if some form of libertarianism is the next big wave in american politics. it's what underlies a lot of the "western strategy" being considered by both parties right now. so a big rand revival could be in the offing.
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 19 October 2006 15:02 (nineteen years ago)
― Eppy (Eppy), Thursday, 19 October 2006 15:03 (nineteen years ago)
enough undergraduates do to make it rather disturbing.
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 19 October 2006 15:04 (nineteen years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 October 2006 15:04 (nineteen years ago)
― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Thursday, 19 October 2006 15:07 (nineteen years ago)
didn't wanna say 'i hope those are ironic' because what if they aren't really i'm too old to engage in a serious discussion with someone who isn't horrified by ayn rand about her work
― Saul Goodberg (by Musket and Pup Tent) (s.clover), Sunday, 6 October 2013 06:44 (twelve years ago)
enh, I mean I could see watching it not ironically but out of genuine interest in badness, I mean voluntarily watched battlefield earth and read NRO from time to time just to keep tabs and such
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Sunday, 6 October 2013 23:16 (twelve years ago)
i suspect every tech person whose politics i don't know is secretly a way out libertarian. it turns out to be the case depressingly often :-(
― Saul Goodberg (by Musket and Pup Tent) (s.clover), Thursday, 10 October 2013 03:50 (twelve years ago)
Where I live it's pretty much a guarantee.
― goth drama is universal (latebloomer), Thursday, 10 October 2013 04:02 (twelve years ago)
http://www.yahoo.com/movies/ron-paul-to-make-acting-debut-in-part-3-of-atlas-89270143262.html
Now featuring: Ron Paul! Sean Hannity! Glenn Beck!
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Thursday, 19 June 2014 17:55 (eleven years ago)
In each of these films, Dagny and Hank are played by different actors. This time ROB MORROW is playing Hank? Really?
― polyphonic, Thursday, 19 June 2014 18:11 (eleven years ago)
I wonder if I should watch the first one for Piper Chapman now?
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Thursday, 19 June 2014 18:24 (eleven years ago)
Since I watched it first, I always think OITNB is about a bunch of ladies who went galt.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 19 June 2014 18:26 (eleven years ago)
Would like to see a Northern Exposure episode where the cast does a community-theater production of Atlas Shrugged. True to Alaska, and Janine Turner would probably be down for it.
― heavy on their trademark ballads (Eazy), Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:42 (eleven years ago)
Thinking of Janine Turner now makes the teenage me sad.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 19 June 2014 22:04 (eleven years ago)
I don't know why I'm surprised that this has made it to a second, risible looking sequel, but anyway. Trailer:
http://youtu.be/GSJNU41h5Cg
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:05 (eleven years ago)
can't believe you need three movies for one shitty book
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Friday, 15 August 2014 00:22 (eleven years ago)
#hobbit
― polyphonic, Friday, 15 August 2014 00:26 (eleven years ago)
You saying Peter Jackson is ghost-directing this?
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLEEE (Leee), Friday, 15 August 2014 00:51 (eleven years ago)
http://www.salon.com/2014/09/11/sean_hannity_and_glenn_beck_in_a_bizarre_ayn_rand_fever_dream/
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:29 (eleven years ago)
lol the cast was like completely different in all three movies
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Saturday, 9 December 2017 17:34 (eight years ago)
I would watch a filmed version of Telemachus Sneezed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=175&v=AH9ufx-Wq3w
― Sanpaku, Saturday, 9 December 2017 18:08 (eight years ago)
Zack Snyder has confirmed his next project will be an adaptation of Ayn Rand's THE FOUNTAINHEAD. pic.twitter.com/HiBhQTgkld— Talk Film Society (@TalkFilmSoc) May 28, 2018
Truly the man to do it justice.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Monday, 28 May 2018 22:29 (eight years ago)
knowing he’d willingly make an Ayn Rand adaptation pretty much explains his whole film career
― (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ (mh), Monday, 28 May 2018 23:53 (eight years ago)
If ever a couple of hideous cunts deserved each other, it's rand and snydet.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 00:41 (eight years ago)
Kind of a perfect storm of material and director. A match made in Crap Heaven!
Won’t lie, I am kinda stoked.
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 03:41 (eight years ago)
It always irritates me to go to a bookstore and see Ayn Rand shelved with the "Classics". She's just so irretrievable bad.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 03:49 (eight years ago)
Yeah, I'm kinda down with Snyder going as vulgar as possible with this. I hope he believes he is a Howard Roark.
― jmm, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 04:07 (eight years ago)
someone should make the best ever period 50s/60s sex farce out of my years with ayn rand, the bildungsmemoir by one of her ahem "circle" who eventually broke with her philosophy and went on to (wait for it) found the self-help movement. not always intentionally one of the most revealing books i've ever read. don't even mean primarily about ayn rand. but about her too: jesus christ.
even now it is most likely uncool to give a shit but 300 remains prob the fashest movie i've ever seen, triumph of the will included. you long for the melancholy ambiguity of death wish
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 04:14 (eight years ago)
guys this is probably the best news i've had in months - american cinema's most meanspirited, meagre direcor takes on one of the 20th century's most indefensible novels! what could be more entertaining?
― i am fast and full of teeth. i willl die in a barn fire (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:49 (eight years ago)
I was prepared to physically carry you to this thread if you didn't stumble upon it yourself.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:52 (eight years ago)
As a fan of massive lulz this is great news
― Karius whisper (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:52 (eight years ago)
The original movie is pretty excellent if you've never seen it
― Karius whisper (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:54 (eight years ago)
Black cover Penguin classic :(
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:54 (eight years ago)
i felt a great disturbance in the luminerferous aether and was irresistably compelled to investigate
― i am fast and full of teeth. i willl die in a barn fire (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:56 (eight years ago)
Don't know if Zack's looking for notes but Tom Cruise was born to play Roark
― Karius whisper (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:57 (eight years ago)
nailed it
― i am fast and full of teeth. i willl die in a barn fire (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:58 (eight years ago)
Arm0nd's review is legitimately going to be a masterpiece and is actually already written.
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:59 (eight years ago)
i just can't wait to see how snyder, who is perhaps second only to michael bay in the cinematic-adhd stakes, handles endless scenes of extremely tedious dialogue
― i am fast and full of teeth. i willl die in a barn fire (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:01 (eight years ago)
isn't vince vaughn a big libertarian shithead? he'd probably kill to play roark
― i am fast and full of teeth. i willl die in a barn fire (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:03 (eight years ago)
Surely Snyder could have a Dr. Parnassus-esque rotating cast of alpha dudes playing the role.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:08 (eight years ago)
I wonder if Jon Hamm would do it.
― jmm, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:47 (eight years ago)
Gary Cooper will be tough to beat
― Karius whisper (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:50 (eight years ago)
It'll almost certainly be Cavill, won't it. I can feel it.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:52 (eight years ago)
John Cena
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:53 (eight years ago)
I could never hack the Cooper version w/out MST3K, let alone reading Rand
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:56 (eight years ago)
but the man was born to play fascists tbf
― Karius whisper (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:57 (eight years ago)
Courtroom scene: Roark monologues for two minutes before Zack gets bored. Cut to zoom-in shot of a jar of urine. Cut to Roark dynamiting the courthouse with all the socialists inside.
― jmm, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 14:04 (eight years ago)
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Tuesday, May 29, 2018 8:53 AM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Misread this as 'Jon Secada' and nearly sprayed a mouthful of coffee across my monitor.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 14:11 (eight years ago)
― i am fast and full of teeth. i willl die in a barn fire (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 15:26 (eight years ago)
I think I'd be willing to wager a good deal of money that there's a videotape in existence containing a homemade adaptation of The Fountainhead starring Paul Ryan.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 15:38 (eight years ago)
Or, at the very least, a dog-eared copy of the book with many instances of 'Roark Ryan' throughout.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 15:39 (eight years ago)
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, May 28, 2018 10:49 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Really she belongs in self-help. Self-help for complete assholes who want to feel ok about being assholes.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 15:45 (eight years ago)
When the first Atlas Shrugged film came out they asked for fans to say "I am john galt" to add to a dvd extra. The results are some of the best, most strange youtube videos you'll ever see pic.twitter.com/lVoSSSyQ0h— Cruiskeen Lawnmower Deth (@NoChorus) August 11, 2018
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 12 August 2018 03:35 (seven years ago)
Strangely, there was only one in that group of a couple dozen youtubes that featured a person of color, at least that I noticed.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 12 August 2018 03:51 (seven years ago)