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[MuttTheHoople]

If it’s Hollywood, their version will have John Galt as the evil, homophobic head of a multinational corporation, while Wesley Mouch is the noble hero.

[PoloSec]

If done right and true...it will be epic.

[PJ-Comix]

A spokesman for Aglialoro -- the CEO of exercise equipment producer Cybex -- said there will be at least one more "Atlas Shrugged" shot after the current film's completed.

Battle Beneath the Planet of the Atlas Shrugs?

[katana]

I hope and trust they will change nothing about the basic premise of the book but are able to make some adjustments with the anachronisms which permeate it. The message is powerful enough to overcome them, but the book still has a sort of 1950's science fiction feel to it. In a modern format it will be all but identical to today's news.

The railroad industry is no longer the symbol of progress and mobility it once was and I can see Reardon Metal being replaced with the Reardon Battery, or some such alternative. And (with apologies to those who love the original) John Galt's speech could be shortened a bit and conveyed as a voice over photos and graphics (think Ken Burns) preempting every cable, satellite, and broadcast TV channel (along with radio and the internet).

A friend of mine who was raised by a hard core Liberal, nominally Catholic mother and is now as conservative politically (and "born again") as anyone I know told me reading Atlas Shrugged at the age of 20 something "changed her life". It is that kind of book and I sincerely hope the film makers can figure out a way to do it justice.

[Travis McGee]

Will it come it at ten hours?