There must be problems with the script, the director dropped out, Leonador Dicaprio dropped out and now Christian Bale. Obviously it's a problem with the movie itself and not with the actors or directors.
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Christian Bale Pulls Out of Upcoming Steve Jobs Biopic
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There must be problems with the script, the director dropped out, Leonador Dicaprio dropped out and now Christian Bale. Obviously it's a problem with the movie itself and not with the actors or directors.
Now, if it were Michael Cera playing Bill Gates, then Bale would be in most definitely!
Guys... I'm not a Hollywood type. Never wrote a script. Never wrote a book, a play, etc. But do you really think the movie is going to be *about* the announcements backstage?
If I had to guess, the backstage scenes will set up each act, I, II, III. They may do them in chronological order, or run around. So say you see Steve behind the scenes at the original Mac launch. He'll be talking about something, and that will fade to the first act, and that will take you either to the second announcement, or it will move around. Backstage at the second even, again, he'll talk about something, maybe how hard it was to do something back when, and it will fade to that, and continue the movie.
You will have a proper beginning, middle, and end, but I think the script will use Apple events, as we all know how powerful those used to be for Apple and Jobs, as the foundation for wherever he's taking the story.
YOU ARE NOT, I REPEAT, YOU ARE NOT going to watch a 2 1/2 hour movie of Jobs talking about iMacs, iPods and iPhones. Those Apple events will be used to move the story along.
I can't see it any other way. So no worries.
My favorite line is when he says, "The suit really seals in the flavor".
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It would have been great if he sang in the Batman voice.
Now, if it were Michael Cera playing Bill Gates, then Bale would be in most definitely!
Lol. Cera as gates is perfect.
Probably not b/c of the script. as an actor, doing a biopic is the pinnacle of character acting. it's one thing to play a historical character such as Lincoln but its completely different to play someone with such a recent following and mass admiration as Jobs. actors likely either don't want to alienize their own fan base or they feel they can't do justice to the part IMO.
Would does anyone but Jony equate Steve with 007? If they film the movie backwards and he's willing to GAIN weight for a role, what about Matthew McConaughey?
Actually, there have been enough Jobsumentaries. Now it's time for an action movie, comedy or cartoon that appeals to a different audience.
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When you see a mass feeling from a movie in the late stages of pre-production, in most cases, one of the following happened.
1) The script sucks, blame the writer
2) Investors pulled out, blame the producer
3) Celebrity scandal damaging the PR of the movie, blame an actor
4) The production budget came in too high, blame the unions
5) Visual effects expectations were way out of expectation, blame the SFX house
6) Major news event occurs making the movie publicly unacceptable, blame the media
In this case, my guess it is a mix of #1 and #2.
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Doing the Apple / Jobs story as a druggie comedy instead of a drama would work. Have them finish up the Apple One prototype for the Homebrew Computer Club, they blaze, get the munchies, pick up a dozen Apples at a supermarket, drive stoned ...
"Man what do we call this company?"
<chomps apple> "Hmm .... let's call it 'Apple' dude. You like apples?"
"Yeah, but is that a computer name?"
"Man, like it is now."
Think Cheech & Chong as engineers.
Well thanks everyone. Clearly Bale read all the negative posts on here and opted out
Perhaps he actually did just that. right?
who knows
Im not a lover of Bale..his batman deep voice sucked..caprio has always been in good films and is a great actor. Django unchained for example..but I believe that Jobs is such an icon, actors are scared to **** it up.
Loads of actors flirt with doing a particular movie but nothing comes of it. What's weird about this situation is that Christian Bale was announced last week, meaning he liked it and had agreed to star, and then this week we get the announcement that he has left the project.
What has happened in the space of 4 days for Bale or the studio to change their mind?
What has happened in the space of 4 days for Bale or the studio to change their mind?
Macworld NY 1999-Noah Wyle imitating Steve Jobs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIClAanU7Os
Get Noah Wyle or cancel the movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIClAanU7Os
Get Noah Wyle or cancel the movie
Why don't they just pull the plug on this. I think at this stage, its DOA. I mean his death was 3 years ago and by the time they roll out a finished film its going to be 2016 or 2017 at this rate. I think they needed to strike while the iron was hot. They missed their window of opportunity and now a movie about Steve Jobs isn't going to deliver the same sort of consumer interest as it was back in 2011.