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A New Year's Message from Producer John Aglialoro and the Atlas Shrugged Team

Posted by sdesapio 9 years, 3 months ago to Entertainment
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"3 seasons, 13 episodes per season - that would be 39 episodes to tell the story. To tell it the way it's supposed to be told - explicitly." - John Aglialoro, Producer

Today, he said that. This morning actually. Nothing official yet, but yes, John laid out a plan for a mini-series and set it as a real goal for 2015-2016. How's that for a Happy New Year!?

2015... HERE. WE. COME.

Happy New Year!

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  • Posted by crystalquartz 9 years, 3 months ago
    I just love the soundtracks to these movies; "Opening the John Galt Line" is so inspirational; and "Celebrations at Wyatt's" is so. . . . sexy.

    But not as much as Dagny and John, "John Galt theme". It is like Arrakis; "Dune". No one knew the real enemy, yet. And it wasn't the sand worm.

    I almost forgot how fun it was to be seriously in love, and not give the big S.

    But at least we old have our health. . .oh wait, Obamacare.

    DOA.
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  • Posted by jccmag35 9 years, 3 months ago
    Having listened to the 50-CD unabridged story 3-times, I am a veteran follower of Ayn Rand's work. The three movies could not possibly tell the story unless you had 62-hours. 3 TV season's would be about 39-hours to develop the characters and be more true to the story. I would vote for the actors in Part-1 (Taylor Shilling) to be the cast of your mini-series. I am excited! Go for it!
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  • Posted by robertperry 9 years, 3 months ago
    Happy New Year, Atlas Shrugged move series is great. I can't wait for part 3 to hit theatres, have been waiting to see it for months. Maybe it will be released in 2015. Here's hoping!!!!

    Robert Perry
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  • Posted by thor68 9 years, 3 months ago
    I'm about to get Part 3 in a few days. The thought of doing the book as a TV series makes my heart flutter, because three movies, as good as they are, just can't cover this book the way it needs to be covered. The strength of a series is that the actors will remain the same throughout the series, rather than have a new crew with each movie, which I detested. The crew from Part 2 was the best overall. I hope you guys can get some major bucks and have it done as a Netflix series so that it will get widespread viewing.
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  • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 3 months ago
    Yep, and as I've said before, SyFy Channel has launched some cult favorites AND run some really good series with wonderful sets, too...

    Looking forward to the Blu-Ray version of that mini-series ALREADY!

    Happy New Year to All!
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  • Posted by $ Maree 9 years, 3 months ago
    I saw AS3 for the first time this morning.
    My DVD at last!
    And i nailed my contact problems of recent weeks and got my producer status back.
    And then, THIS news.

    3 Gulch hits in 4 hours and its only day 2 of 2015.


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    Posted by mogul 9 years, 3 months ago
    Oh no, please don't try to move into television series production with this yourself!

    You have already proven with three movies that you don't have an artistic or movie making or storytelling background. And you can't now suddenly, easy-peasy, try to take on another media and context. Being an exercise equipment magnate or world class poker player does not make one an experienced film or television maker or fiction writer or anything else which involves aesthetics. It is a - totally - different way of using one's mind.

    Please step aside Mr. Aglialoro, show some humility, and leave a space for people who have artistic skill --and above all, DECADES of slowly and thoroughly built up experience! --to do this right.

    Hank Rearden didn't start out being able to make Rearden metal. He worked his way up by laboring in the steel industry many long years, learning about metals, learning about tension and torsion and heat and chemistry and alloys and so forth.

    In other words, he was a professional. You are not in this field.

    By "big footing" this you will mess it up for when a genius comes along who can genuinely make a masterpiece on film or television. You will have already tarnished Atlas Shrugged. Moral: a bad effort is worse than no effort at all - certainly in this case.
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    • Posted by IndianaGary 9 years, 3 months ago
      The key to a successful miniseries is to find a producer and director as committed to Ayn Rand's vision as the rest of us in the Gulch are. I could see JA as Executive Producer who would shepherd the resources to ensure that it was done properly.
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    • Posted by SteveinGA 9 years, 3 months ago
      I cannot disagree with that sentiment, mogul. Though I thoroughly enjoyed all three movies (the first was the best) they needed more consistency, especially in the characters. Peter Jackson knows how to make major motion pictures out of major books, and knows how to keep a cast together. But he is movies... maybe Clint Eastwood?
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    • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 3 months ago
      mogul, if you poke around here, I think you'll find a few reams of evidence that there was a LOT of dissatisfaction and critical comment about many aspects of AS1 and 2 (and 3, too!).

      For what was basically a crowdsourced and sugar-daddy-financed shoestring operation, a lot of us felt that the final product wasn't all that bad, all things considered.

      Yeah, we would have loved a 'constant cast' and some better CG and as a wanna-be screen writer, I would have loved to have been able to tweak some of the weaker dialogue, but all in all, after waiting over 40 years from my First Read of AS to finally seeing it on a Really Big Screen, I was still VERY happy to contribute to its making and to see it in theaters, too!

      I'd love to see the production fleshed-out to a longer, more complete and in-depth treatment, and in today's changing media world, who knows? By the time the series comes out, Blu-Ray may have been replaced by something else entirely (that comment if for the folks asking for it on DVD.... :) )

      But I'll be in with cash support again, too!
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