Oh , geez . Everything we thought we knew about the next Steve Jobs biopic is turning out to be wrong , more unseasonable than an iPod with an HP logotype on the back . latterly , we transcend on reports thatChristian Bale had been regorge as Steve Jobshimself , andSeth Rogen had been tapped to encounter Steve Wozniak , in the upcoming Sony film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin , found on Walter Issacson ’s empower life story .
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In the week since both of those reports , firstChristian Bale pull out , deciding he was n’t right for the part “ after much deliberateness and conflicting feelings , ” because actors and their belief . Then theHollywood Reporterarticle also say that while Seth Rogen is “ in discussion ” to play Woz , “ but no prescribed offering has been made . ” On Tuesday , VarietyclaimedMichael Fassbender is in talking with Sony about the function of Jobs .
So whatdowe know ? Not a lot ( severely , this affair does n’t even have a rubric just yet ) , but as contingent emerge , we will keep update this story with the new data .
What’s the latest?
Bloomberg interviewed the primary cheerleader for this project , screenwriter Aaron Sorkin . When asked , essentially , “ Another Steve Jobs movie — clotheshorse , why ? ” Sorkin answer that Steve Jobs is so bewitching that you could make as many flick about him as you want . ( Go , Team Hollywood ! ) “ I think that you could do 10 more movies about Steve Jobs . I think if you lined up 10 writers and order to spell me a picture show about Steve Jobs , I think you ’d get 10 different movies , all of them deserving perish to see . ” DON’T. YOU . DARE . AARON . SORKIN . Anyway , a clip from the consultation , which air Friday , is below . Hat tip to 9to5Mac .
Oh , also , I got a random hint by email that claims : “ Matthew McConaughey is picture to replace Steve Jobs according to [ British on-line gambling site]Ladbrokes . ” Yes , you’re able to depend on this , and good onetime Rust is currently favor with 5 to 1 betting odds . Bradley Cooper and Ben Affleck are 6 to 1 , James Franco is 16 to 1 , Bryan Cranston is 20 to 1 , and Ashton Kutcher is 25 to 1 .
Obviously none of this means anything whatsoever , but I ’m still include it here to make the requisite “ The iPod ’s clickwheel is a flat band ” laugh , and to post this image .
Woody Harrelson as Jony I ve , and Matthew McConaughey as Steve Jobs , working on the iPod in their design studio .
OK, let’s back up. Didn’t the Steve Jobs movie already happen?
Yes ( and yes ) and no . Last summertime , Ashton Kutcher star as Steve JobsinJobs(which isnow on Netflix ) , butit was n’t well receive . The formulaic life provided next to no insight about Steve or Apple — it was a story we already knew , with some characters get out out or change by reversal into jerks for no reason . ( Sorry , Jef Raskin . )
He did n’t look as Jobs - like as Ashton Kutcher , but Noah Wylie was good inPirates of Silicon Valley , which was a much better flick thanJobs .
And that was n’t even the first time the legend of Steve Jobs played out on the silver screen — the excellentPirates of Silicon Valley(1999 ) featuredER ’s Noah Wylie as Steve Jobs andThe Breakfast Club ’s Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates , telling the story of both Apple ’s and Microsoft ’s journey from base origin to technical school riches .
So this one might be better thanJobs? How come?
If you did n’t say the book , well , the movie is n’t just a dramatisation of the book , so says screenwriter Aaron Sorkin .
It ’s being written by superstar screenwriter Aaron Sorkin , and Walter Isaacson’sSteve Jobsis the source material . Since Isaacson ’s book is the only authorized life history of Jobs , and Sorkin wrote the excellent motion picture about Facebook , The Social internet , the hope is he can render more for the audience to masticate on than the very by - the - numbers chronological liveliness narration provided by theJobsmovie last yr .
The motion picture will be different structurally . Sorkin toldThe Daily Beastthat the new film would unfold in three scenes of around half an hour each , with each conniption take property offstage before a major product announcement : the Macintoshin 1984,NeXT Computerin 1988 , and the iPod in 2001 .
Who’s been cast?
Christian Bale was offered the part — this was evenconfirmed by Aaron Sorkinhimself — but he alter his mind before ink a deal , according toThe Hollywood newsperson . A write up fromVarietyclaimed that Seth Rogen was setto play Steve Wozniak , butThe Hollywood Reporterclarifies that while he ’s in dialogue to play Woz , the deal is n’t finalise just yet .
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The listing of player who were reportedly consider to play Jobs includes Leonardo DiCaprio , Matt Damon , Ben Affleck , and Bradley Cooper . Once two unlike Batmen have turned you down , perhaps go for the villians — Jim Carrey , anyone?The Vergehas some slap-up ideas — Meryl FTW .
Update , Tuesday Nov 4 : According to a report inVariety , Sony is speak to Michael Fassbender for the Steve Jobs role . Fassbender late wager such an evil slaveowner in12 Years a Slavethat my protagonist started to hate the doer himselfjusta little morsel . So that could foretell well for his ability to play the notoriously prickly Jobs in what must have been some of the most stressful moments of his career .
Who else is attached?
Danny Boyle is slate to conduct . The Oscar - winning English director is cognize forSlumdog Millionaire , Trainspotting , and the opening move ceremonial occasion of the 2012 Olympic Games in London .
The Social Networkhad the same author ( Sorkin ) and producer ( Rubin ) as this novel Jobs movie , but it also had a killer dramatis personae and David Fincher behind the television camera .
David Fincher ( who directedThe Social internet ) was once attached to direct , butSony reportedly found him too demanding . Scott Rudin , who producedThe Social internet , is one of the producer .
When does it come out?
That ’s still to be determined — obviously , they ca n’t start shoot it without a cast . motion-picture photography was supposed to take spot this wintertime for a fast turnround . perhaps they should go withpuppets(warning : NSFW language in that video ) . Puppets fall in stemma .
