RoR: Forum

Wow, this is great!

I have expressed before that I am very interested in the role of the woman who fainted on the stand in the super weapon test scene. I wonder will there be an audition.... :-)

Post 1

Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 8:53pm

Matt Drudge has this link prominently displayed with the cover of Atlas Shrugged

http://www.variety.com/VR1117942127.html

on his site:

http://www.drudgereport.com/

Sam

Post 2

Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 11:29pm

Interestingly, the producers' last name is Baldwin -- any relation to the altruist: Alec Baldwin??

Ed

Post 3

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 12:29am

> I am very interested in the role of the woman who fainted on the stand in the super weapon test scene.

I am very sorry, Hong, but you must have considerable acting experience to pull off this part.

Post 4

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 6:30am

I have always thought Angelina Jolie would make an excellent Dagny, primarily because she seems to always choose to play an intelligent independant woman.

Post 5

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 6:38am

Yeah - Laura Croft as Dagny Taggert - WOW!!!

Post 6

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 7:20am

> I am very interested in the role of the woman who fainted on the stand in the super weapon test scene.

I am very sorry, Hong, but you must have considerable acting experience to pull off this part.

But I've been practicing fainting ever since last year! Swoon...thud. Damn.

Post 7

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 9:32am

Hong,
You have a very strange sense of humor. I love it.
Glenn
P.S. Your "thud" needs a little more work.

Post 8

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 9:54am

Glenn told me:
"Your "thud" needs a little more work."

Just put me in the same room with Paul Bettany and see me doing the "thud" ;-)

Post 9

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 12:57pm

Isn't anyone here remotely terrified of how Hollyweird is going to interpret a pro-capitalist, pro-individualist tome like "Atlas Shrugged"? I wouldn't be surprised if they made John Galt an environmental lawyer who challenged the evil forces of profit-seekers.

Post 10

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 2:42pm

Since our Atlas Society/Objectivist Center Trustee is co-executive producer and owns the movie rights to Atlas Shrugged and since David Kelley as already reviewed a script, I think they can keep it from becoming the kind of mess Hollywood might otherwise make of it.

Post 11

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 5:12pm

Hey I'm still for Batman as Francisco

---Landon

Post 12

Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 5:35pm

I saw the "Atlas Shrugged" movie is now also listed in The Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB) as a project to be released in 2007. So it looks like a definite go. I am so excited about this. Congratulation to Ed, Robert, and all the TOC guys. It's a tremendous achievement to just have this movie made. Of course, afterwards, you'll definitely get all the blames for every fault we find in the movie! Be prepared!

(Edited by Hong Zhang on 4/29, 6:46pm)

Post 13

Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 6:09pm

Thanks Hong!

A little bit more inside info, though this is hardly a surprise. Apparently the phone at Lionsgate has been ringing off the hook since this story leaked, with calls from fans and agents. It's good that they see the interest in this movie even before a frame is shot!

Post 14

Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 6:32pm

2007 would make it on the 50th annivarsary.......

Post 15

Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 6:42pm

Is there a director yet? I would so geeked if Ron Howard directed it.

Post 16

Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 12:48pm

The guy who plays the President in "24" should play the President in the Atlas movie. But he comes on stage late in the novel, and I hear the coming movie is only about the first third of the novel.

Post 17

Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 3:43pm

Evelyn -- The movie will probably cover the first third or half, depending on what the director, producers and studio determine. The script they have now could be tweaked either way.

The Pres. from 24 is turning out to be a real bad guy!

Post 18

Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 6:46pm

Hi Ed,
I have a curious question: since ARI/Leonard Peikoff is the heir of the Rand estate, how come TOC owns the movie right for Atlas Shrugged?

Post 19

Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 7:37pm