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‘Atlas Shrugged’ Sequel Will Officially Hunt Down John Galt
3 February 2012 9:24 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Normally the blue birds that deliver the mail sing a song as they fly along, but today they seemed grim and despondent. Perhaps it’s because they had to drop the lump of coal that is the press release announcing a greenlit Atlas Shrugged: Part 2 into the old inbox. Or perhaps they’ve just been sick. Either way, a follow-up to the completely inept filmmaking of the first film will be standing awkwardly in front of cameras soon. Not only that, it will ambitiously seek to have the movie ready for theaters by October of this year at the zero hour of, what the release calls, “a fever pitched presidential election season.” It even comes with its own poster and a spooky teaser trailer where pundits can’t agree on how pronounce Ayn Rand‘s name: The production boasts the inclusion of Duncan Scott, who was producer and editor on the Ayn Rand adaptation We The Living, although »
- Cole Abaius
Sequel Bits: ‘Atlas Shrugged: Part 2′ Will Have New Cast & Director, Plus ‘Avatar,’ ‘Riddick’ and ‘Ghostbusters 3′
2 February 2012 4:00 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Here's perhaps the most unusual collection of sequel news we'll run this month. Let's start with Atlas Shrugged: Part 2, which producers say will shoot this year and be ready for release in October, the better to take advantage of a charged pre-election political climate. The first movie was made fast, with an unproven director (Paul Johansson of One Tree Hill, who also played John Galt) handling an adaptation of Ayn Rand's gigantic tome about American industry, economics and self-reliance. It did well for a moment in limited release, but was critically savaged and rejected in some respects even by Ayn Rand aficionados. Producer John Aglialoro says that the second part of a planned three-film adaptation of Atlas Shrugged is going to happen, however. Thing is, it will have a different director in Duncan Scott (who produced an adaptation of Rand's novel We The Living in 1986) and an all-new »
- Russ Fischer
Whether You Like It Or Not, Production Scheduled For ‘Atlas Shrugged’ Sequel; Aiming For October 2012 Release
2 February 2012 12:36 PM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Upon its release last year, the overwhelming consensus was that Atlas Shrugged: Part One resulted in a disaster of epic proportions, an assumption proven both critically and by its meager $4.6 million box office take. Too bad no one told the film’s producers, as they’ve already started work on the second part of the trilogy based on Ayn Rand’s controversial 1957 novel.
The La Times reported that businessman John Aglialoro and producer Harmon Kaslow have raised the necessary funding for the sequel, and plans for principal photography in Los Angeles and Colorado is already scheduled for April. While they declined to disclose the final budget, earlier statements from Kaslow place their desired amount somewhere between $10 million and $15 million, a more conservative number compared to the original.
Aglialoro bought the rights to Rand’s ode to capitalism in 1992, and then financed the production and distribution of the first segment for $20 million. »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Objectivists 1, Critics 0: 'Atlas Shrugged 2' Is Happening, Starts Filming This Spring For Election Season Release
2 February 2012 12:19 PM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Even though "Atlas Shrugged: Part 1" was lambasted by critics (it currently sits with a tepid 11% Rotten Tomatoes score, read our review), died at the box office ($4.6 million, not even half of the budget) and had the producer flip flopping on the prospect of the sequel (we'll kindly forget to mention the DVD blurb fiasco), it looks like for the 23 of you that truly care, you'll be getting "Atlas Shrugged: Part 2." Choosing today, Ayn Rand's 107th birthday (uh, Happy Birthday?), producers John Aglialoro and Harmon Kaslow have revealed that the second part of the proposed trilogy is happening, with a spring shoot in the works. But that's not all. They want to turn this one around fast, and get it in theaters in October to hopefully shake up the election. That's some ambition, indeed. So who will direct this second part of this politically game changing masterpiece? None other than Duncan Scott. »
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