Atlas Shrugged Part 3 Cast: Who is John Galt? _#ASP3
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Los Angeles, California - January 23, 2014 - Atlas Distribution Company announced today that “Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?” went into production on Monday, January 20th. The movie’s release is slated for September 2014.
The movie trilogy follows the three-part structure of Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel, “Atlas Shrugged.” The dystopian story takes place in a not-so-distant future with the nation’s economy approaching collapse. While overreaching government regulations persist in strangling the country’s few remaining entrepreneurs, society’s most productive have mysteriously disappeared.
At the helm of Part 3 will be seasoned award-winning Director Jim Manera who will be accompanied by Cinematographer, Gale Tattersall who previously worked as Director of Photography on Hugh Laurie's House M.D. as well as Tom Hanks' From Earth to the Moon.
“It’s very fulfilling for all us to be finishing the trilogy. Atlas Shrugged has impacted so many lives and we’re extremely proud to be bringing the final installment to the screen. The team we’ve assembled is nothing short of stellar. Part 3 is without question going to be the best of the trilogy.” said Producer John Aglialoro.
Atlas Distribution Company also announced today that the much anticipated role of John Galt will go to Kristoffer Polaha, an accomplished actor who, prior to working on Atlas, was profoundly influenced by Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead.” Kris has been in a variety of television shows including Ringer (CW), alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Life Unexpected (CW). He will next be seen in a regular role alongside Rainn Wilson in Fox's new show, Backstrom. His feature credits include a supporting role in Devil's Knot, opposite Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth.
The role of Dagny Taggart, heroine COO of Taggart Transcontinental, will be played by Laura Regan who has appeared in the AMC hit Mad Men as well as the movie Unbreakable with Bruce Willis.
Producer Harmon Kaslow said, “We’ve always known that finding the right actor to play John Galt was going to be a huge challenge, but as soon as Kris walked in the room and said ‘Hello’, we knew we found him. Kris is John Galt. We couldn’t be more pleased. Laura and Kris already have great chemistry together. Atlas fans everywhere are going to be blown away.”
Rounding out the cast of “Atlas Shrugged” heroes are acclaimed actors Joaquim de Almeida as Francisco d’Anconia, Eric Allen Kramer as Ragnar Danneskjöld, and Rob Morrow as Hank Rearden, as well as a host of other veteran actors.
The prior two “Atlas Shrugged” movies are currently available on DVD & Blu-ray, iTunes, or streaming on Netflix and Amazon.
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Official Movie Web Site: http://www.WhoIsJohnGalt.com
Official Atlas Shrugged Forum: http://www.GaltsGulchOnline.com
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About Atlas Distribution Company
Atlas Distribution Company was formed by John Aglialoro to distribute the trilogy adaptation of Ayn Rand’s epic novel, Atlas Shrugged and other motion pictures. For more information, visit http://www.AtlasShruggedMovie.com.
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Check out some exclusive behind the scenes pics attached. Thanks to Eudaimonia for compiling the IMDB links.
John Galt - Kris Polaha - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1119340
Dagny Taggart - Laura Regan - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716438
Francisco D'Anconia - Joaquim De Almeida - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021835
Henry (Hank) Rearden - Rob Morrow - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001555
Ragnar Danneskjold - Eric Allen Kramer - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469503
Hugh Akston - Stephen Tobolowski - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864997
Midas Mulligan - Mark Moses - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0608601
Ellis Wyatt - Lew Temple - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0854702
Cherryl Taggart - Jen Nikolaisen - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0993212
Eddie Willers - Dominic Daniel - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1563320
James Taggart - Greg Germann - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0314524
Head-of-State Thompson - Peter Mackenzie - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533380
Floyd Ferris - Neal McDonough - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568180
Wesley Mouch - Louis Herthum - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381043
Cuffy Meigs - Tony Denison - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219208
Clem Weatherby - Claude Knowlton - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461572
Gerald Starnes - Ned Vaugh - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891224
Los Angeles, California - January 23, 2014 - Atlas Distribution Company announced today that “Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?” went into production on Monday, January 20th. The movie’s release is slated for September 2014.
The movie trilogy follows the three-part structure of Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel, “Atlas Shrugged.” The dystopian story takes place in a not-so-distant future with the nation’s economy approaching collapse. While overreaching government regulations persist in strangling the country’s few remaining entrepreneurs, society’s most productive have mysteriously disappeared.
At the helm of Part 3 will be seasoned award-winning Director Jim Manera who will be accompanied by Cinematographer, Gale Tattersall who previously worked as Director of Photography on Hugh Laurie's House M.D. as well as Tom Hanks' From Earth to the Moon.
“It’s very fulfilling for all us to be finishing the trilogy. Atlas Shrugged has impacted so many lives and we’re extremely proud to be bringing the final installment to the screen. The team we’ve assembled is nothing short of stellar. Part 3 is without question going to be the best of the trilogy.” said Producer John Aglialoro.
Atlas Distribution Company also announced today that the much anticipated role of John Galt will go to Kristoffer Polaha, an accomplished actor who, prior to working on Atlas, was profoundly influenced by Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead.” Kris has been in a variety of television shows including Ringer (CW), alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Life Unexpected (CW). He will next be seen in a regular role alongside Rainn Wilson in Fox's new show, Backstrom. His feature credits include a supporting role in Devil's Knot, opposite Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth.
The role of Dagny Taggart, heroine COO of Taggart Transcontinental, will be played by Laura Regan who has appeared in the AMC hit Mad Men as well as the movie Unbreakable with Bruce Willis.
Producer Harmon Kaslow said, “We’ve always known that finding the right actor to play John Galt was going to be a huge challenge, but as soon as Kris walked in the room and said ‘Hello’, we knew we found him. Kris is John Galt. We couldn’t be more pleased. Laura and Kris already have great chemistry together. Atlas fans everywhere are going to be blown away.”
Rounding out the cast of “Atlas Shrugged” heroes are acclaimed actors Joaquim de Almeida as Francisco d’Anconia, Eric Allen Kramer as Ragnar Danneskjöld, and Rob Morrow as Hank Rearden, as well as a host of other veteran actors.
The prior two “Atlas Shrugged” movies are currently available on DVD & Blu-ray, iTunes, or streaming on Netflix and Amazon.
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Official Movie Web Site: http://www.WhoIsJohnGalt.com
Official Atlas Shrugged Forum: http://www.GaltsGulchOnline.com
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About Atlas Distribution Company
Atlas Distribution Company was formed by John Aglialoro to distribute the trilogy adaptation of Ayn Rand’s epic novel, Atlas Shrugged and other motion pictures. For more information, visit http://www.AtlasShruggedMovie.com.
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*** END PRESS RELEASE ***
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Check out some exclusive behind the scenes pics attached. Thanks to Eudaimonia for compiling the IMDB links.
John Galt - Kris Polaha - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1119340
Dagny Taggart - Laura Regan - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716438
Francisco D'Anconia - Joaquim De Almeida - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021835
Henry (Hank) Rearden - Rob Morrow - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001555
Ragnar Danneskjold - Eric Allen Kramer - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469503
Hugh Akston - Stephen Tobolowski - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864997
Midas Mulligan - Mark Moses - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0608601
Ellis Wyatt - Lew Temple - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0854702
Cherryl Taggart - Jen Nikolaisen - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0993212
Eddie Willers - Dominic Daniel - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1563320
James Taggart - Greg Germann - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0314524
Head-of-State Thompson - Peter Mackenzie - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533380
Floyd Ferris - Neal McDonough - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568180
Wesley Mouch - Louis Herthum - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381043
Cuffy Meigs - Tony Denison - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219208
Clem Weatherby - Claude Knowlton - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461572
Gerald Starnes - Ned Vaugh - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891224
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And I still say D.B. Sweeney would have been a great Galt.
Cherryl wasn't a head turning hotting in ASp2, either.
Also too naturally snarky.
That would be cool, though; Don Cheadle as Galt, Stacey Dash as Dagny (thought I forgot about her, huh? sigh....)
No offense to Eric allen Kramer, but when I first looked him up, I instantly remembered him as Bear doing the dance off with Stifler in American Wedding. That image does not lend itself to him playing the role of a warrior/philosopher, AND he's nearly 51 years old. Galt, Francisco and Ragnar are all supposed to be roughly the same age, and that is supposed to be mid 30s or so.
Also, Joaquim De Almeida as Francisco? WTF? He's 57 for crying out loud. Laura Regan as Dagny was born is 1977 and the Francisco they pick that was supposed to grow up with her and be her lover was born in 1957? I don't get it.
currently:
Wesley Mouch - Louis Herthum
Ragnar Danneskjold - Eric Allen Kramer -
proposed:
Wesley Mouch - Eric Allen Kramer
Ragnar Danneskjold - - Louis Herthum
Please reconsider some of them, especially Ragnar, Francisco, and Rearden.
I don't see steely strength in any of them.
Also, if I remember correctly, the character of Cherryl was not a head-turning hottie, but a somewhat plain girl whose head was turned by the attentions (actually, manipulations) of James Taggart.
I first read Atlas in 1964 during my college years and have lived according to the lessons I learned from it and other of Ms. Rand's books. Specifically self conduct and expectation of others to do the same. You have failed the test. You don't really believe in the philosophy.
I am saddened to realize that you don't really care about the book or its message.
Except for two things:
1) Theater is not film, and stage acting is not film acting. Billy Wilder had lots to say about that when he was directing Shirley MacLaine (I think it was in "The Apartment", with Jack Lemmon). She had been studying Method Acting, I suppose with Lee Strasberg, and kept badgering Wilder for her "motivation" in this or that scene. Wilder finally snapped, "Oh, cut the crap!"
Theater may be the "actor's medium" but film has long been the "director's medium."
2) Unfortunately, the Atlas trilogy is neither the actors' medium nor the director's medium. From what I understand, creative choices must conform to what a "Philosophical Consultant" (David Kelley) believes is a "correct" interpretation, or application, of Objectivism. So an actor (or a director) must subordinate an original, creative choice to Kelley's dictates.
An actor (or a director) trying to work under such restrictive circumstances would soon stop trying to make any original, bold, creative choices, and opt instead for stiff, uninspired line readings of the script, and stiff, uninspired blocking, etc.
Now, isn't that what audiences suffered through in Parts I and II? Yes.
The funny part is, the producers somehow agreed to all this (written in a contract, perhaps?), and yet they always reflexively assumed that it must be the actors' fault (or the director's) that the movies never grew any "legs" at the box office, or at least earned some critical encomia. That's why they recast, both below-the-line and above-the-line, in all 3 films.
'Cosmic coin tossing in quantum gravity',
in which unification of hyper-negativity with pseudo-objectivism is validated with antiheteronormativistic formulations.
On the casting, Amusing that the 20-year gap produces two kinds of response- 1. shock, and 2. smirk.
Well I think that acting, direction and make-up can do a lot.
That's where you're wrong. Kaslow and Aglialoro believe wholeheartedly in Objectivism.
> am saddened to realize that you don't really care about the book or its message.
No, what Kaslow and Aglialoro don't really care about is serious filmmaking. You don't have to be an Objectivist to produce a movie version of Atlas Shrugged, or adapt it to the screen, or direct it, or star in it; you just have to know how to produce, write, direct, and act. Those skills and talents are what they are; they are not dependent upon one being an Objectivist; conversely, being an Objectivist gives one no special advantage in making a compelling movie of a prophetic book.
(By the way, don't you just love the fact that D'Anconia and Galt were supposed to have gone to college together (and the former, a former suitor of Dagny's), yet the producers cast actors who are 20 years apart in age? Nice one!)
Sure! Start a linguistics thread; I'd be happy to comment (one of my favorite subjects).
> I liked you then
Awwwwwww. XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Almeida's face is too familiar, and he doesn't look like a man of action.
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