ANGELINA JOLIE SCORES ATLAS SHRUGGED

[ 21 September 2006 ]

Angelina Jolie is set to star in the film adaptation of Ayn Rand's iconic tome Atlas Shrugged for Lionsgate, Variety reports today. The former Tomb Raider star will play the role of Dagny Taggart in the Howard and Karen Baldwin-produced film.

Jolie is about to start filming A Mighty Heart, based on the book by Mariane Pearl, widow of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. The actress has also been linked to a third Tomb Raider movie currently being negotiated by Eidos and Paramount.