Author Archives: Joshua Zader

About Joshua Zader

Joshua Zader is co-founder of Atlas Web Development and founder of The Atlasphere, a networking directory and dating service for admirers of Ayn Rand's novels with over 20,000 members from around the world.

Atlas Shrugged novel makes a brief appearance at the protest marches in Moscow

Posted on May 16, 2012 6:19 am UTC by Joshua Zader
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TweetShareThe new article “Using Taoism and Writers to Fight the Regime” in the Moscow Times by Russian writer Yulia Latynina begins: Riot police broke up a sanctioned protest rally on May 6. After that, police detained Moscow pedestrians carrying white … Continue reading →

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Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist plays wino in Atlas Shrugged Part 2

Posted on May 15, 2012 4:53 pm UTC by Joshua Zader
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TweetShareFrom a new article in the Washington Post: Norquist, the president of Washington-based Americans for Tax Reform, first shot an office scene, handing a three-ring binder to heroine Dagny Taggart’s assistant. Easy enough, it sounds. Then producers suggested a second … Continue reading →

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On the set of Atlas Shrugged Part 2

Posted on May 7, 2012 1:35 pm UTC by Joshua Zader
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TweetShareThe Atlas Society has published a new article with notes on their visit to the set of the new movie. The article begins: A light breeze blows, a few ducks glide on a pond, a small cabin is nestled in … Continue reading →

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Watch for cameos from “persons of note” in Atlas Shrugged Part 2

Posted on May 4, 2012 4:38 am UTC by Joshua Zader
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TweetShareA new article in the Washington Times begins: It’s on the way: “Atlas Shrugged Part II” is now filming in Los Angeles, the second installment of an ambitious independent movie project — due for commercial release in October, just as … Continue reading →

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Current cast lineup for Atlas Shrugged Part 2, with two weeks until shooting ends

Posted on May 3, 2012 7:31 am UTC by Joshua Zader
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TweetShareAnother update from Leon: With less than two weeks till the planned final day of shooting (May 15), IMDb continues to add cast. As I had noted previously, it looks like these might be scenes we may expect: • Wedding … Continue reading →

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Walter Block: In defense of Ayn Rand

Posted on April 25, 2012 4:35 am UTC by Joshua Zader
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TweetShareThe leftosphere has been spinning with accusations this past year that Ayn Rand was a hypocrite for accepting Social Security and Medicare in her later years. Writing for Psychology Today, Loyola Economics Professor Walter Block sets the record straight. It’s … Continue reading →

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More about Samantha Mathis, the new Dagny Taggart

Posted on April 21, 2012 2:18 am UTC by Joshua Zader
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TweetShareThe latest article about Atlas Shrugged Part 2 in Reason magazine offers this, about the new actress playing Dagny Taggart: Part IIs new Dagny Taggart—the railroad magnate heroine struggling to keep the motors of the world running while mysterious forces … Continue reading →

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Reason: On the set of Atlas Shrugged Part 2

Posted on April 21, 2012 2:04 am UTC by Joshua Zader
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TweetShareReason magazine has a new article providing an excellent glimpse into the making of the new movie. The article begins: Atlas Shrugged Part I, the 2011 film version of Ayn Rand’s hugely influential novel Atlas Shrugged, was the result of … Continue reading →

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Casting update for Atlas Shrugged Part 2

Posted on April 7, 2012 1:22 am UTC by Joshua Zader
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TweetShareAnother update from Leon Brozyna: Here’s another interim update on casting: John Galt – D. B. Sweeney Man in Train Station – Steve Kaufmann Sara Connelly – Jamie Rose and one change in casting: Ted ‘Buzz’ Killman – Michael Gross … Continue reading →

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The final cast of Atlas Shrugged Part 2?

Posted on April 4, 2012 3:19 am UTC by Joshua Zader
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TweetShareHere is the latest cast for Atlas Shrugged Part 2, according to IMDB and other sources, which started filming on April 2nd. Leon Brozyna notes: “It’s still not listing the parts for Dagny or Ken Danagger, so those and maybe … Continue reading →

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