Atlas for Congress

Finally! … just hope it’s good

Good news for “Altas Shrugged” fans in Variety:

Cameras began rolling over the weekend on a five-week shoot for “Atlas Shrugged Part One” with Paul Johansson directing from Brian Patrick O’Toole’s script. Aglialoro would have lost the feature rights if the film wasn’t in production by Saturday.

A spokesman for Aglialoro — the CEO of exercise equipment producer Cybex — said there will be at least one more “Atlas Shrugged” shot after the current film’s completed. Rand’s massive novel is divided into three parts, each consisting of 10 chapters.

It’s about time. There’s been talk of a movie for 40 or so years. Who’s in it? Well, it’s not Angelina Jolie.

Johansson (“One Tree Hill”) portrays Galt. The lead role of railroad executive Dagny Taggart has gone to Taylor Schilling (“Mercy) and the part of Henry Reardon is being played by Grant Bowler (“Ugly Betty”).

Michael Lerner (“A Serious Man”) portrays lobbyist Wesley Mouch and director Nick Cassavetes has signed on for the Richard McNamara role. Other key cast include Matthew Marsdan as James Taggart and Graham Beckel as Ellis Wyatt.

Not sure if Johansson has the look of Galt that I have in my mind, but Schilling definitely can pull off Dagny Taggart.

Now I just hope it’s good in the “Lord of the Rings” sense, and not just OK in the “Chronicles of Narnia” sense.