And we agreed that the only way to get something that would appeal to audiences outside the Rand base, was to round the edges off the philosophical bent which she was very strict about.” It didn’t work for me so I began a page-one rewrite with one of the producers, Harmon Kaslow.

Those people were involved in the first two films. Two of the scripts were from people who are active Rand followers. “What I tried to do, the task I was given, I was given three scripts.

They should have been set up so the love story was anticipated,” the director said, adding that they plan to address that somehow in a short prologue as they edit. “Unfortunately, the first two installments weren’t set up that way. “Ayn Rand’s book Atlas Shrugged, in my opinion, is a love story,” said Manera, who echoes Rand herself who had given interviews saying the same before she died. So how do you make the third act into a movie? The last part of the novel has been considered the hardest to adapt and film as it contains a 60-plus page speech by Galt. The 1,200-page tome, according to Manera, “is a cry out for freedom from the shackles of inefficiency.” In the novel, Rand challenges altruism and moral obligation and boldly celebrates reason, capitalism and individualism. The book endorses free enterprise with no federal regulation, and the dystopian tale ultimately sees the great minds of industry shutting down their factories and disappearing to join a “strike” led by John Galt. The story follows railroad executive Dagny Taggart as she navigates her way through an inefficient economical culture. It will bow in September Aglialoro set up Atlas Distribution Company to handle the film’s distribution deals. “The cast on this one will exceed viewer expectations.” Dave Mason, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the 1970s legendary band Traffic, will be involved in the music for the film, which just wrapped Friday after only 17 days of shooting. “There is a level of actor talent that you must have to be able to pull this off,” said Manera. The first two films, both of which went through various incarnations, never lived up to their expectations. Aglialoro and Harmon Kaslow, who produced the first two films, are producing again. It also stars Kristoffer Polaha as Galt, Laura Regan ( Mad Men) as Dagny Taggart, Joaquim de Almeida as her lifelong friend Francisco d’Anconia, and Eric Allan Kramer as pirate Ragnar Danneskjöld. You can’t even compare them.” The third one, at least, has a recognizable name in Rob Morrow as metal magnate Hank Rearden. The third installment, according to Manera, is “a very different motion picture than the first two. The director said he concentrated on making the story commercial for 2014 audiences - it will be set in 2020. After failures of the first two installments, rights owner/producer John Agioloro put his full support behind commercials director Jim Manera for doing a complete overhaul.

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