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| Subject: Anarcho-Capitalist NEWS: Atlas Shrugged The Series Coming to Netflix in 2016 Tue Feb 16, 2016 2:16 am | |
| Netflix and Wild West Productions announced this morning that Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged” will begin production on a 10 episode season set to debut on the streaming service in spring of 2016. The novel just underwent an adaptation across three feature films released to mostly negative reviews over the past four years. Producers for this version have made it clear their intention on using the long-form television format to honor Rand’s magnum opus that, from conception to release, took the author 14 years to complete. Producers are hopeful they can secure at least a three season run of 30 one hour episodes so that they can explore every avenue the epic story can offer. One has to wonder how many episodes it will take for John Galt to deliver that radio speech that runs about 60-90 pages, depending on which version of the book you read.
Producers have attached Randall Wallace (Braveheart) to write and direct the first episode of series. Wallace is no stranger to “Atlas Shrugged” as he was once hired to re-write the film version many years ago during the first of several failed attempts at getting the film made. While the film versions finally made their way to cinemas more recently, they were plagued with multiple cast changes over all three installments which no doubt led to rotten tomato status across the board. Producers have assured fans that “[the] cast you get in episode one will be the same as you get in the series finale.” Speaking of the cast…
http://smashcutculture.com/2015/04/01/atlas-shrugged-the-series-coming-to-netflix-in-2016/ |
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