Movie Trailer for ATLAS SHRUGGED
The story behind the adaptation of Ayn Rand's classic novel Atlas Shrugged into a feature film is a very interesting one, and I honestly didn't think it would end up being a good film. But today the first trailer for the film has been released for part one of the saga, and it looks like they aren't going to pull off an epic adaptation that this story deserves, bt there's a lot of effort behind it.
The film was originally supposed to be directed by Stephen Polk, son of former MGM chairman Louis Polk, but Paul Johansson, creator and director of the TV show One Tree Hill, was eventually brought in to direct and star in the film adaptation. The film was rushed into production at the last minute to keep the producer John Aglialoro from losing the film rights to the novel, so he jumped into production at the last minute with a budget of only $5 million dollars. The obviously cut a lot of corners making this movie.
The film tells the story of a man who said he would stop the motor of the world--and did. Johansson will play John Galt in the film, as for the rest of the cast... Taylor Schilling from Mercy will be Dagny Taggart, and Henry Reardon is played byGrant Bowler from Ugly Betty and Lost. Rounding out the cast is Edi Gathegi, Jsu Garcia, Rebecca Wisocky, Ethan Cohn, Patrick Fischer, Neill Barry, Christina Pickles and Nikki Klecha.
Watch the trailer for the first part of the film below and tell us what you think.