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Aaron Sorkin on Jobs Biopic: Casting Announcement Imminent, 'Heroine' Will Be Daughter Lisa
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I know someone who needs a LOT of Hobbit movies (can not understand that though...)
It's not a documentary and not a re-inactment, it's a movie based on a real story/person.
Consider it a complement no mater what is made. I'm still looking for a stoner comedy version of the Apple story. I wonder how a drug dog would react if one ever smelled an Apple One.
so, about 100 pages are just on him ?
I'm sure there are many movies that probably would focus on the main character too..
Maybe no one liked the script ? That may have been a better way of saying it.
Or maybe everyone saw "Jobs", and judged on how the second movie with "Steve" would be on that
I'm sure there are many movies that probably would focus on the main character too..
Maybe no one liked the script ? That may have been a better way of saying it.
Or maybe everyone saw "Jobs", and judged on how the second movie with "Steve" would be on that
How about an 80's action movie? Steve Jobs is a POW in vietnam when he has a vision of Apple Computers, and then breaks out and goes half a world away to make it.
When employees don't do what he says he shoots them with an m60
Good observation. That actually shows how much we are assuming what the movie is about. Sorkin's script is not just about backstage conversations of Jobs before the product announcement. That is just the canvass. Those three product announcements span almost 20+ years of Jobs' life.
There is a lot to cover. Sorkin's challenge is not what to include but what to leave out and still tell a compelling and entertaining story.
The tidbit about Lisa makes it even more intriguing which throws the scope and direction of the movie wide open. Just like Apple's product announcements a certain amount of suspense and surprise is good.
My feelings EXACTLY. A really in depth, well researched, neutral documentary about his life would be amazing.
My next choice would be this one:
Too late. The crap machine is already running, and its masters salivating the money. Brace yourself for an over-dramatized Sorkin movie about a very rich, intelligent and influential d-bag that wouldn't recognize his own daughter.
You are welcome!
DIcaprio never dropped out, because he never said yes in the first place... Unlike Bale.
And this is very common in the film industry. Producers and directors are usually in talk with various actors for the lead role, yet only one will be playing it.
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You have no idea how close you are describing the early Apple retreats in Lake Tahoe before they were kicked out.
So unimaginative people! The whole thingmight be based on those moments because Jobs mentioned them on his deathbed. He might have mentioned them as his greatest moments, and his treatment of Lisa as his worst failure. From there you have a dialog to weave through the 3 announcements, chock full of pov from Lisa, both an insider and an outsider, as well as the only one to comment on the failure. Someone close enough to know truths but not caught up in the hype. I would imagine the whole movie to provide an interesting structure to provide flashbacks to any point in his life deemed interesting, without requiring the rigid structure of a blow by blow biography. Those moments are up to debate and lost to time in many ways, where the announcements are likely well documented and less subjective. Leave the subjective memories for the flashbacks.
How are they being disrespected?
Are they going to be forced to see the movie?
How much grief can a movie cause in the lives of multibillionaires?
You are taking the 3 product launches format too literally... This movie will focus on 3 product launches the way Slumdog Millionaire was focused on one episode of Who wants to be a millionaire and the way The social network was focused on a single legal deposition.
I imagine each segment starting with Steve preparing to talk, and thinking back to relevant points in his life up to each product launch point.
They have also stated that is would be three 30 minute segments but it is much more likely that the movie will be at least 2 hrs long.
Also, there seem to be a lot of people here who have no idea how common it is for movies to change lead actors multiple times before filming. This happens all the time in movies that ended up being a huge success.
I don't know about him but I rather like the idea of using a more or less unknown. Keeps things from getting muddled by every little thing happening in the stars life. Nothing more annoying than press articles about how the star just broke up with girlfriend and what it might mean for movie
Yep, it also is what made Apple the Most Valuable Company In The World.
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The iPhone launch is just so important in the Apple history timeline.
Funny thing, I'm using DeviantArt while reading MacRumors and specifically your reply, and it seems I coincidentally found myself at your profile with Yosemite Inverted (Dark Mode) Folder Icon. Same screen name.
Some people appreciate privacy and don't want their late loved one portrayed in a movie. How dense are you, dude?