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Lit 07b: 2112 World Key

"And the meek shall inherit the earth..." 2112. The 1976 epic Canadian rock suite, from Rush the band. Since 1981 it sat in my Northtown neurons for translation to film or TV. That finally came in 2020, but sadly after the passing of Rush drummer Neil Peart, a fabulously talented man who influenced many...myself included. How to quickly describe this 2112? It took nearly a year for the adaptation of 2112 to grow. I decided to expand the initial 2112 storyline into an epic sci-fi tech tale, while clearly maintaining Neil Peart's original intent. So while this version of 2112 is complicated, it's based entirely on Neil's complete and even obscure references to the story, some of which did not appear in the album's liner notes. Anyway, the size and spectacle of the "new" 2112 fit Neil's ideas very well. Perhaps this is why Rush management was open to talks for turning 2112 into a major feature film or TV/streaming thing. Wow. By June 2021 we had a powerful Canadian production company behind our 2112, plus a globe of producers with great prestige and charisma like Chris Philip , Orian Williams and Howard Kazanjian ... However, as so many things go, it was too late in Geddy Lee and Alex

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