"Atlas Shrugged" Movie

"Variety" says there is an "Atlas Shrugged" movie in the works and Angela Jolie is to be its star. Jolie says she is a long-time admirer of Ayn Rand and is excited to play the part of Dagny Taggart, one of the most powerful women in any of Rand's novels. It is the story of a railroad that is run by her and her "wimpy" socialistic brother and the fate of the world (and her railroad) when a great inventor (John Galt) got tired of his accomplishments being stolen by "society" and "went on strike," getting other "producers" to do likewise. He promised to "stop the motor of the world," and did, by withdrawing the people who "produced" the most from it, requiring it to make it without them and their ideas, which it could not. One by one, the key people in what was at any given time the key industry, disappeared. Consequentially the world economy collapsed without the ideas and output of the "producers" of the world. It'll be interesting to see if they can make this movie without reversing its meaning and making it into a sales talk for socialism. I'll be watching. Unfortunately, they don't say anything about when it will be in theaters. (Variety)