Zack Snyder said in response to a fan question on the social-media site Vero that his next project will be The Fountainhead, an adaptation of Ayn Rand’s 1943 novel.
Rand’s novel — a favorite of Paul Ryan and Donald Trump — is about a young architect who refuses to conform to the old guard architectural Establishment. Snyder told The Hollywood Reporter about his interest in adapting the novel in 2016: “I have been working on The Fountainhead. I’ve always felt like The Fountainhead was such a thesis on the creative process and what it is to create something,” he said. “Warner Bros. owns [Ayn Rand’s] script and I’ve just been working on that a little bit.” Rand’s novel was previously adapted into a movie in 1949, starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal, and directed by King Vidor.
Snyder has been developing The Last Photograph has his follow-up to 2017’s Justice League, the Warner Bros/DC tentpole that he directed and produced with wife Deborah Snyder. Joss Whedon came aboard to do reshoots and postproduction on that film after the Snyders stepped back following the death of their daughter. Justice League film split fans but made $659.4 million at the worldwide box office.
The director whose credits include 300, Watchmen, Man of Steel, Sucker Punch and Superman v Batman: Dawn of Justice had been developing the war pic The Last Photograph. It’s unclear where that stands (IMDbPro says it’s in pre-production), but when asked by a fan today during a Vero what his next project is, Snyder responded “Fountainhead.” The exchange was documented by a Twitter user.
The Fountainhead, Rand’s first novel, was made into a 1949 movie starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal directed by King Vidor. Rand also wrote the screenplay.
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