'Atlas' Jaw Dropped'

A Missourian at An Advocate of the Republic alerted me to the fact that a movie is in the works on Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged".

Now, you've got to be an Ayn Rand fan to seriously appreciate the (potentially awful) possibilities here.

Number 1 -- this is HOLLYWOOD. Bulwark of the Left. (Antithesis of Randian laissez-faire.)

Number 2 -- see Number 1.

As I told AM, Peter Jackson managed to pull off "Lord of the Rings" superbly, against all expectations. So, perhaps, a proper treatment of "Atlas Shrugged" could happen.

But color me most definitely skeptical.