Friday, April 28, 2006

Atlas Shrugged on the Big Screen?

It might be in the works according to Variety. Rumor has it Rand fans Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt might star as Dagny Taggart and John Galt.

The book has been considered in the past but never made it to the screen. Apparently there was a planned remake of The Fountainhead at one point. Oliver Stone was slated to direct that. I'm glad that didn't pan out. What would that communist be doing near Ayn Rand? Pitt had expressed interest in playing Howard Roark.

I'm skeptical that anyone in Hollywood would do this movie well especially after having recently watched the Bonfire of the Vanities. Such a great book so horribly filmed and cast for that matter.