say it isn't so

Variety shares some disturbing news:

After years of delays, Ayn Rand's most ambitious novel may finally be coming to the big screen reports Variety.

Lionsgate has picked up worldwide distribution rights to a film version of Rand's 1957 epic "Atlas Shrugged", considered in many polls to be the most influential book in history short of the Bible. The story revolves around the economic collapse of the U.S. sometime in the future and espouses her individualistic philosophy of objectivism.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are rumored to be circling the leading roles of Dagny Taggart and John Galt. The likes of Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway have previously been attached to the flick. The budget is expected to cost a little above $30 million with actors expected to take paycuts.

Paycuts, wow. How selfless... Ayn would be so proud.

Are you kidding me?!

Keep them away from this movie! Both of them, but especially Angelina Jolie. And if you could make it so she stayed away from all movies forever, that would be good.

I guess I would be more worried about this if it weren't for good christians like Ayn Rand and myself sending all those prayers up. I'm pretty sure he must owe us one by now.

oh yeah, and I just saw Star Wars Episode III....

and George Lucas owes me five bucks.

update! - I can stop being mad at Uncle George since I just got this news of this from Arrow in the Head:

Tim Cox (the dude responsible for Sci-Fi Channel fare like LARVA and MAMMOTH), recently sat down with IFMagazine to discuss his new project: the 1984 cheese-fest C.H.U.D. Currently, Cox and Brook Durham are in the process of penning the treatment for the remake based on the film about mutant carivores living in the sewers. "...we can hopefully pull it off as well as recent revisions such as Dawn of the Dead and The Hills Have Eyes. Our version is much darker, grittier and down-right surrealistic compared to the original film, but we think fans will appreciate the fresh approach...it's classic, no holds barred horror."

In case you do not know me, I am actually right now quite literally laughing out loud, and will now retire to my bed so I can giggle myself to sleep. If you've never done that, I recommend it. Not only is it cheaper than Magic Fingers, its also technically excercise.