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Atlas Shrugs For AngelinaBy Josh Tyler: 2006-04-27 00:00:00
For a soon to be new mother, Angelina Jolie sure has a lot of work scheduled. Last week we heard she'll reprise her role as Lara Croft, now it sounds like Angie may end up starring opposite her husband Brad in an adaptation of Russian-born author Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged".
Variety says Lionsgate has picked up worldwide distribution rights to the long gestating project and plans to get things rolling. The novel is the story of a man who said he'd stop the world… and did. The plot revolves around the economic collapse of the US some time in the near future. If gas prices keep rising, I'd say a week or so from now. Should the US survive, my bank account may not. "Atlas Shrugged" described as "tremendous" in scope and size. Part of the reason it took so long to get made into a film is that many said it was better suited to a miniseries. It's a mystery about a man rediscovering his spirit, with a lot of philosophy mixed into it. The Library of Congress and Amazon.com claim that "Atlas Shrugged" is the second most influential book in the world next to the Bible. This is sort of strange, since a random sampling of people I know revealed that none of them had even heard of it, while for better or worse all of them have heard of the Bible. They've also all heard of "The Da Vinci Code", which I'm sure the Catholic Church will love. Don't worry Opus Dei, none of them have actually read it. If Angelina and Brad are cast, they'll play Dagny Taggert and John Galt respectively. They're reportedly both big fans of the book, hence their interest in involvement. If they do jump on board, they'll have to take paycuts. They're shooting for a relatively thrifty $30 million budget.
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April 28th, 2006 at 09:24
Regarding being the "second most influential book..." figure: I saw the results of the original survey at one point. Whereas something like 50% of Americans (don't remember the exact figure) consider the Bible a "major moral influence" on their lives, something like 4% consider Atlas Shrugged to be such an influence. So it was second, but not a very close second.
Joshua