Producer of ‘Atlas Shrugged’ Movie Says Part Three of Trilogy Could be a Musical

The Daily Caller ^ | 03/03/2011 | Amanda Carey

[winstonwolf33]

In a wide-ranging interview with The Daily Caller to be published Friday, John Aglialoro, the producer of the movie adaptation of the classic Ayn Rand novel “Atlas Shrugged,” hinted that part three of the movie trilogy might be made as a musical.

“But you know, part three could be a musical . . . like a Les Miserables kind of a musical,” said Aglialoro. “That’s part of the impact and I guess I haven’t said this publicly yet, but I’m looking at it completely different if part three is a musical with quality music that’s done in a certain way that people will like.”

Since the novel is roughly 1,200 pages, the movie adaptation was split into three parts. Part one is set to be released April 15.

Aglialoro, who held the movie rights and toiled over adapting the novel to film for 18 years, told TheDC he wants to shock audiences with the final installment:

“I mean, if you saw the play Les Miserables without the music, and then with the music, you may go in there saying, ‘oh hell, I would never want to see that great book in a musical.’ That’s going to shock a lot of people to see part 3 be a musical, and part 2 may be very different from part 3 and very different from part 1. It has to be new, you know . . . We get a freshness, a vitality about it, and yet it has the same, rock-solid principles and philosophies that we all know and love.”

Check back Friday morning for the rest of TheDC’s interview with Aglialoro.

[SamAdams76]

Not a musical but perhaps the book would work as an opera, along the lines of Wagner's "Ring Cycle." It would be epic, if only we had Wagner still around to compose it.

In fact, the music of Wagner goes very well with the works of Ayn Rand and I often have it as background music when reading her books.

[jimfree]

Gold Diggers of 2011?

“We’re in the money.”

[Moltke]

John Galt's speech would no doubt be much improved by adding choreography, though.

Definitely. I see a version where John Galt simultaneously tap-dances his speech in morse code.

[Vor Lady]

Most of the Bible has been reduced to musicals, why not Atlas Shrugged?

[ponygirl]

I think they should have Rush Limbaugh read Galt’s speech. He’s the only one who could do it justice, I think.

[r9etb]

I think they should have Rush Limbaugh read Galt’s speech. He’s the only one who could do it justice, I think.

All I know is, it's three hours of my life that I'll never get back. I don't need or want to hear it out loud.

[r9etb]

Read “Anthem”. It is the same underlying theme as “Atlas Shrugged”, but only about 100 pages.

And has an ending that defies all expectations by being even stupider.