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Atlas Shrugged was already adapted to film. It was actually called Iron Man 2. The beginning of the movie goes like this.

Evil Government: Give me your technology Stark, we demand it.
Stark: No that is my private property
Evil Government: No you must share that technology
Stark: No it is mine and it benefits me and no one else.

Then battling competition hires a dude that is related to the man that the Stark family stole technology from in the first place to create their capitalist dent into the world of government defense contracts. Which is very lucrative I hear. This man wants to bring down the agenda of government and capitalists and form a society of the selfishly elite, or people who just think like he does. All the while trying to steal Stark technology and business using funding from government contracts, hence more evil government involvement in big business.

All the while Stark maintains an image of a worthless billionaire playboy to avoid the government thieves from taking him seriously and avoiding a government take over of his technology. The only thing that is missing is Stark giving a 45 minute speech.

Tyyr wrote:After reading this thread my decision to become an engineer has once again been confirmed as the right one. If I'd gone to school for this I'd have killed someone. Probably a lot of someones.

Hollywood loves the almighty dollar. They employ a few wing nuts to get the job done but its all about money in the end. Hell, right now objectivism just might sell well.

They were handing out free copies of Atlas Shrugged at several Tea Party gatherings. I find the irony a bit hilarious. Since most of them are right leaning hard liners and that Ayn Rand's characters were all sinning atheists. That is a bit beside the point though. I think given the climate in America right now, that this movie could sell well in several different markets. As long as they don't spend a lot of money on it they will make profit.