The third and final installment in the "Atlas Shrugged" trilogy has been given the green light by producers John Aglialoro and Harmon Kaslow. A Summer 2014 release is being targeted.
The first two films in this series have earned a total $8 million at the domestic box office from a combined budget of $30 million. The third film is expected to be made and marketed for less than $10 million.
Reviews for both films have been utterly scathing, though both films have earned modest success in the home video market.
The third film will only score a theatrical release in the 150 markets where the first two installments did best.
Duncan Scott and Brian O'Toole will pen the script for this third chapter. No director or major cast member is yet attached.
The story is expected to close out the narrative from the books, how much of John Galt's famed monologue (which totalled 70 pages...
The first two films in this series have earned a total $8 million at the domestic box office from a combined budget of $30 million. The third film is expected to be made and marketed for less than $10 million.
Reviews for both films have been utterly scathing, though both films have earned modest success in the home video market.
The third film will only score a theatrical release in the 150 markets where the first two installments did best.
Duncan Scott and Brian O'Toole will pen the script for this third chapter. No director or major cast member is yet attached.
The story is expected to close out the narrative from the books, how much of John Galt's famed monologue (which totalled 70 pages...
- 3/28/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The people behind the "Atlas Shrugged" series of films have things they want to tell you, and just to make sure that you know what they are, the movies tell you, and tell you, and then tell you again. Whether or not you're amenable to author Ayn Rand's Objectivist philosophy, the declarations run pretty thick in "Part II." Still, despite the fact that screenwriters Duke Sandefur, Brian Patrick O'Toole and Duncan Scott make nearly every scene either a monologue in which a character defines his or her view of the world...
- 10/12/2012
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
We told you it would happen and here we are, five months later and a few steps closer to Atlas Shrugged: Part Two. A teaser trailer and cast updates were released for the sequel based on Ayn Rand’s novel, and with them comes the promise of another grand failure.
The film is the second in a planned three part adaptation, and those unlucky enough to have experienced the first one will find some surprises here. The dystopian storyline continues in the follow-up to the epic 2010 flop, but the lead actors have changed – Samantha Mathis replaced Taylor Schilling as railroad tycoon, Dagny Taggart, the part of Henry Rearden – originally played by Grant Bowler – went to Jason Beghe, and D.B. Sweeney stepped in for Paul Johansson in the role of John Galt. Johansson also directed the first film, but this time the job went to Duncan Scott.
Based on the alterations,...
The film is the second in a planned three part adaptation, and those unlucky enough to have experienced the first one will find some surprises here. The dystopian storyline continues in the follow-up to the epic 2010 flop, but the lead actors have changed – Samantha Mathis replaced Taylor Schilling as railroad tycoon, Dagny Taggart, the part of Henry Rearden – originally played by Grant Bowler – went to Jason Beghe, and D.B. Sweeney stepped in for Paul Johansson in the role of John Galt. Johansson also directed the first film, but this time the job went to Duncan Scott.
Based on the alterations,...
- 6/27/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
What happens when your first movie dies at the box office, gets savaged by critics and makes barely a blip on the cultural radar? If you're producers John Aglialoro and Harmon Kaslow, you spend even more money on the sequel, cross your fingers and hope for the best.
That's right, even though the poor box office initially had Aglialoro putting the kibosh on plans for any sequels in the proposed trilogy, he quickly changed his mind and this fall the long awaited "Atlas Shrugged: Part 2" will hit theaters on October 12th. The $15 million dollar movie that shot this spring will now have a proper marketing budget says Kaslow, who has enlisted Russell Schwartz of Pandemic Marketing (and previously president of domestic marketing for New Line) to get the word out. He claims that "the industry will take us more seriously" with a better campaign and a 300 theater release, but if...
That's right, even though the poor box office initially had Aglialoro putting the kibosh on plans for any sequels in the proposed trilogy, he quickly changed his mind and this fall the long awaited "Atlas Shrugged: Part 2" will hit theaters on October 12th. The $15 million dollar movie that shot this spring will now have a proper marketing budget says Kaslow, who has enlisted Russell Schwartz of Pandemic Marketing (and previously president of domestic marketing for New Line) to get the word out. He claims that "the industry will take us more seriously" with a better campaign and a 300 theater release, but if...
- 6/25/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Even though "Atlas Shrugged: Part 1" was lambasted by critics (it currently sits with a tepid 11% Rotten Tomatoes score, read our review), died at the box office ($4.6 million, not even half of the budget) and had the producer flip flopping on the prospect of the sequel (we'll kindly forget to mention the DVD blurb fiasco), it looks like for the 23 of you that truly care, you'll be getting "Atlas Shrugged: Part 2." Choosing today, Ayn Rand's 107th birthday (uh, Happy Birthday?), producers John Aglialoro and Harmon Kaslow have revealed that the second part of the proposed trilogy is happening, with a spring shoot in the works. But that's not all. They want to turn this one around fast, and get it in theaters in October to hopefully shake up the election. That's some ambition, indeed. So who will direct this second part of this politically game changing masterpiece? None other than Duncan Scott.
- 2/2/2012
- The Playlist
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