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[cross-posted at Austro-Athenian Empire]
The Atlas Shrugged film project, which had recently slid back into development hell, seems to be crawling back out. (Conical hat tip to AICN.)
Also note the reference to The Changeling, the film Jolie plans to do before Atlas; that’s a J. Michael Straczynski script.
Somebody should do as this as a multi-part radio play. It would work extremely well in that format and be translated into many formats, such as the I-pod. Of course, the Ayn Rand Institution folks would have to sign off on it, probably an impossible barrier.