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Natalie Portman Passes on Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs Movie

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Just a couple weeks after it was revealed that Natalie Portman was in talks to play an unspecified part in Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs movie, Variety is reporting that the actress has decided to pass on the movie, though it's unclear why.

Other actresses are already meeting with filmmakers over the potential role, and the film is still on track to begin filming in the Spring of 2015. The film is rumored to have several female parts, including Steve Jobs' daughter, Lisa Brennan, and Katie Cotton, Apple's well-known former PR lead.

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The trade magazine also notes that X-Men: Days of Future past star Michael Fassbender will star as Steve Jobs and Seth Rogen will star as Steve Wozniak, possibly indicating that those two actors are now fully committed to the film.

The movie has seen its share of ups and downs thus far, with both Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale passing on the role of Steve Jobs before Sony Pictures dropped the movie due to a disagreement on the filming schedule with director Danny Boyle. According to Fusion, internal data from Sony Pictures, leaked via a data dump by hackers who infiltrated Sony Pictures' systems, reveals the studio's revenue forecasts for the film dropped 25% after DiCaprio dropped out, indicating the studio wasn't as confident in the movie's financial success as it used to be. However, the movie was quickly picked up by Universal Pictures.

The film, based on Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography, will consist of three 30-minute scenes depicting three of Apple's product launches.

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MacRumors said:
Just a couple weeks after it was revealed that Natalie Portman was in talks to play an unspecified part in Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs movie, Variety is reporting that the actress has decided to pass on the movie, though it's unclear why.
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Because it's a pointless movie and not many people care.

Let's move on already.
 
Sorkin is probably demanding a lot from the roles in this movie.
 
Passing on this totally uninteresting concept shows that she is smarter than I thought.
 
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Just stating the fats, wouldn't it be true that we will see a "Steve Jobs" movie every year ?

Just like the are doing with the Hobbit.... Even though the movie studios keep forgetting there was one hobbit based on the book, not a million, but lets not go into that small detail. It's all about the money.

I reckon we're gearing ourselves up for more than one Steve Jobs movie .... so get ready...

If you thought the movie "Jobs" was bad, u probably haven't seen anything yet.
 
At what point does somebody decide to can this movie altogether?
 
FrozenDarkness said:
i'd imagine making a movie about apple is risky. it's so fanboy driven
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Well, same things were probably said about the Facebook movie when it was being developed, yet The Social Network turned out quite well and appealed to all kinds of people.

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pearvsapple said:
A Steve Jobs movie is boring. Ain't nobody got time fo dat.
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Seems like plenty would be and are interested in it.

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Tech198 said:
Just stating the fats, wouldn't it be true that we will see a "Steve Jobs" movie every year ?

Just like the are doing with the Hobbit.... Even though the movie studios keep forgetting there was one hobbit based on the book, not a million, but lets not go into that small detail. It's all about the money.

I reckon we're gearing ourselves up for more than one Steve Jobs movie .... so get ready...

If you thought the movie "Jobs" was bad, u probably haven't seen anything yet.
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Not sure where any of that is coming from or how it relates to this. Just a movie that is in development currently.
 
Tech198 said:
Just stating the fats, wouldn't it be true that we will see a "Steve Jobs" movie every year ?

Just like the are doing with the Hobbit.... Even though the movie studios keep forgetting there was one hobbit based on the book, not a million, but lets not go into that small detail. It's all about the money.

I reckon we're gearing ourselves up for more than one Steve Jobs movie .... so get ready...

If you thought the movie "Jobs" was bad, u probably haven't seen anything yet.
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You have presented no "fats".
 
RedOrchestra said:
"...though it's unclear why."

Are you kidding me, it's a dead-end movie.
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A big name actor turns down a role for two main reasons, money and schedule. When you are hot, you work every day you can to the most money offered for your time.

The average career for an actor on the A-list is less than ten years. Less than a hundred keep at it in that town long enough to see the next generation coming in on the car that rose themselves.

For me, I wouldn't be surprised that Sony is not offering enough on the table for her time. After Star Wars, she is a golden girl 'til she looses her looks.

IMO, this and the other Jobs movies out there should be done as a bus out for many unknowns working the audition circus in the Hollywood studios. Run it like the Aston Kutcher movie with only one big name in the cast with some knows and mostly unknowns in production.

A Jobs movie should not be star-studded cast. Personally, I love the bit part James Woods had with Ashton in the early part of the film.
 
Meanwhile, at the MacRumors analytics team meeting...

Arnold: Hmm, I wonder why our post got so many views!
Husain: Probably due to my fantastic article.
Eric: Well it can't be because of the Jobs movie idea. Everyone is sick of that.
Juli: Guys, it's obviously because we put a picture of a girl up there.
Team: Ooohhhhh...
 
Yup, this is all about the money.

The actors that they're trying to get are A-listers...these guys command 5, 10, 15 million..plus a backend clause. They need to make this with complete nobodies...or hasbeens. Just like the Wrestler ($60k production...a few million after marketing) , black Swan ($12M production cost) district 9 ($30M production cost) , ...and the social network ($40M).

If you get 3 stars at 5-10M each...that doesn't leave much for production assuming a $40m production budget.
 
joshwenke said:
Meanwhile, at the MacRumors analytics team meeting...

Arnold: Hmm, I wonder why our post got so many views!
Husain: Probably due to my fantastic article.
Eric: Well it can't be because of the Jobs movie idea. Everyone is sick of that.
Juli: Guys, it's obviously because we put a picture of a girl up there.
Team: Ooohhhhh...
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Sounds about right
 
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