Script Sales: ATLAS SHRUGGED
May 13th, 2003
Crusader Entertainment has acquired the rights to Ayn Rand's 1957 novel "Atlas Shrugged" and has hired writer James V. Hart to adapt.
Rated in a recent Library of Congress survey as the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, "Atlas" follows one woman's quest to solve the enigmatic question of "Who is John Galt?" -- the man who said he would stop the motor of the world and did. The story is set in a near-future United States whose economy is collapsing because of the inexplicable disappearance of the country's leading innovators and industrialists and the growth of arbitrary power on the part of its politicians.
"It is a great story that has equal parts mystery and romance and also celebrates the limitless potential of the human spirit," Crusader president and CEO Howard Baldwin said. "The time is right to bring this ageless story to the big screen."
Crusader acquired the rights to the novel from John Alialoro, who will executive produce the project. The company is in production on the biopic "Unchain My Heart: The Ray Charles Story."
Hart's credits include "Tuck Everlasting," "Contact" and "Hook."
(Source: Reuters/Hollywood Reporter)
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