The Daily Wire was founded by Ben Shapiro, a very Jewish conservative. He put out a lot of very good videos.

I'd be happy to play an extra! Just hope they don't film it in NYC. Mark Harmon would be a great Ellis Wyatt. Sorbo would handle Kenneth Dannager easily. Antonio Bandaras just might be a good Francisco. My daughter and I have played Cast the Atlas Shrugged movie for a long time, so long that our John and Dagney choices are now too old. Finding un-woke big names will be extremely hard and no woke actor/actress deserves a role in this film.

I hope they do it RIGHT!

Cool...wonder if it will be as good as the AS movie we've already seen.

Agree on "thrilled and disappointed" and feel that the trilogy may have done a disservice to some, such as my wife who has not read AS. Her attitude, but not her words: "Saw the movie, but the book's too long. Won't read it."

In my view the most important character in the book is Eddie Willers. He's at the very beginning, telling a lie. He's at the end, twisting in the wind. What becomes of him? Ayn Rand said that Eddie's fate belongs to the reader, to each and every one of us. He is YOU!

Will any dramatic presentation of AS ever convey the essence of Eddie as Rand intended?

"The deal was negotiated by... on behalf of the Peikoff Family Partnership and the Estate of Ayn Rand." I presume that Ms. Rand's STRICT insistence that no changes be made to her masterpiece has been written into the contract due to the Peikoff's oversight this time (though I am grudgingly a "fan" of the trilogy).

Sad, but true. Seems like the lefties are using it as their playbook.

Remember folks.....any group not actively trying to coerce you through threat of violence are “friends”.

This is a real chance for the repudiated Democrat politicians to step into roles which are exactly like the real life personas they have. They would need little preparation because they already know the dialogue from the book, they've already spoken it time and time again over the past few years. Spots can be found for Obama, Pelosi, Schumer and of course Dr. Fauci!

From the article, from the Daily Wire, company who acquired the rights. Note it is a subscription service (which frequently has "specials" if you are contemplating subscribing). They also have Jordon Peterson, Candace Owens, among others.
"John Aglialoro and Harmon Kaslow are producing for Atlas Distribution Company. Scott DeSapio,... executive produce."

https://www.dailywire.com/news/dailyw...

You got that right.

Atlas Shrugged:
in 1957, it was a work of fiction
in 2022, it's today's headlines

I agree, I expect they will try to write at least some of the hero characters as "Good Christians" which will erode the underlying philosophical message.

I don't know all these people, but despite the eye candy, the John Galt of the movies just wasn't what I ever thought to picture. IIRC there was an extended description of John Galt's golden hair and fair complexion (not a quote but paraphrasing). The guy they used, while exceedingly handsome, just didn't fill the bill, appearance-wise. I looked up Kevin Sorbo. He may be a little old.

In any case, I'm more interested in who they choose for Francisco. To me, he was a far more important character (I know, that's practically blasphemy, but hey, that's me).

I think I could accept pretty much anybody if they just use the same actor for every episode! That jumping around (yes I understand why) was an overall detriment to the movies.

I'm trying to reconcile the strong Daily Wire religious bent with Ayn Rand's stated atheism as reflected in AS. I have not really been tempted to pay for the Daily Wire but I might have to make an exception for the time period this is on. Haven't decided yet.

Kevin Sorbo would make an excellent John Galt.
Dean Cain could fit in nicely. Melissa Joan Hart as Dagny..... oh yeah. Candace Cameron Burr if she can get past the adultery between Hank and Dagny.

Great observation.
This will convince me to subscribe all by itself.
I do think they need to be careful bringing the Ayn Rand institute onboard. Scuttlebutt is that they’ve been subverted and their CEO is a little bit leftie.

I am one of those who were both thrilled and disappointed by the 2011 trilogy on which this website is based.

It is good to see some of the same names on this proposed version. They would have got some good feedback from this site ten years ago.

Can we keep this thread alive?

I noticed the line, "Right-wing news and media company The Daily Wire...". Has anyone ever seen the line, "Left-wing news and media company New York Times..."?

It would be nice if they can succeed with the AS endeavor.

Perhaps Gulchers could become actors as their shrug jobs!! That would be a nice contrast with being producers.

though it would be hard to edit it down with the mountain of material !

It would sure be fun to see where they find the actors to do it! If there are any such actors left in
Hollywood.

It would be easy to convert the news into an Atlas Shrugged: Now Non-Fiction weekly series.