Sony Courting Aaron Sorkin to Write Screenplay for Steve Jobs Movie?

[Savor]

I would only ever consider Noah Wyle for the part. You have to take in to consideration how close Jobs and Wyle got following the film, the peak of which the public saw when Noah impersonated Steve before (I believe) MacWorld.

If you really read up about Pirates Of Silicon Valley, you get an insight on just how personal Noah considered that role. He was relentless in getting every little detail, mannerism, and look just right. He perfected the role, and I would love to see him do it again on a more grand scale.

He's my only choice for the role, if he doesn't get it in this film, it would be a blind mistake on Sony's part, and a real disappointment which would make Pirates the better movie based on Noah's portrayal alone.

+1

His performance in POSV pretty much highlighted that movie. Just needed better production values that SJ even insisted which Sony/Columbia which will offer.

I want to see SJ from the very beginning as a youth. His hippie days in the 1970's are some interesting years. And then the tyranny and bitterness he had with several people even in his last days of his life. Battles with Bill Gates and his shouting matches with Sculley and the folks at Google. His honesty is like Simon Cowell. Vulgar, but honest.

If Sony can make an interesting movie about Mark Zuckerberg and win awards for it, a Steve Jobs movie will be even more interesting and a box office success like most of Apple's current products.

 

[AppleScruff1]

umm... book - ok... such topic on every forum - ok... cancelled android 4 or something presentation - ok... lots of other stuff - ok... but a movie... thats too much for a person. take compassion on him!

This media frenzy is revolting.

 

[DocNYz]

For a screenplay he'd be awesome. However you can't just copy something like the social network. The writing was great but what made it an amazing film is David Fincher, and Trent Reznor's score. Unless you get all f them on board, which I doubt is possible, it'll become a mockery of it just built up by studio hype and producers trying to find a formula rather than the fact that thw social network is going to be one of a kind, possibly a masterpiece.

 

[Savor]

Just take some of the quotes from the biography but call the movie iSteve like what the book was going to be originally called. There is alot of great lines in that recently released book that makes it perfect to make it into a screenplay. I want to see Jesse Eisenberg retain his role as Mark Zuckerberg and make a cameo in it.

Steve Jobs made alot of enemies...

A boardroom showdown with John Sculley that eventually ousted SJ out of Apple.

SJ referred Gil Amelio (former Apple CEO) as a bozo.

"F--- Michael Dell" was SJ's response once. Used his pic as target practice and SJ gave him a lecture in an email.

Never got along with Michael Eisner.

“He’d be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger,” Jobs says about Gates in the book "Steve Jobs" by biographer Walter Isaacson.

“Bill is basically unimaginative and has never invented anything, which is why I think he’s more comfortable now in philanthropy than technology. He just shamelessly ripped off other people’s ideas.”

SJ's shouting matches with the heads in Google after Android was released.

The only thing Steve Jobs has said anything really flattering was to Mark Zuckerberg which is ironic since Sony was the one that produced the Facebook movie. Only Facebook and HP did he ever say anything flattering about other companies. Makes you wonder what he actually used at home that weren't Apple products? I know he owned a Benz. I can imagine Steve Jobs in a boardroom meeting was like watching Hell's Kitchen with Chef Gordon Ramsey screaming vulgarities to everybody.

 

[musicdude2013]

People are really milking this. Sad.

I agree. I feel bad for his family getting all this attention.

 

[Savor]

I know who looks alot like Jony Ive...

If Statham can portray more of his role as Turkish from Snatch and mellow his badass mean streak, I would be fairly pleased of his 'minor role" before Zee Germans get there. But Ive is a badass anyway in design and such a cool dude in interviews. Fav person in tech and has been that way for awhile now. Such a humble man.

 

[partyBoy]

Just take some of the quotes from the biography but call the movie iSteve like what the book was going to be originally called. There is alot of great lines in that recently released book that makes it perfect to make it into a screenplay. I want to see Jesse Eisenberg retain his role as Mark Zuckerberg and make a cameo in it.

Steve Jobs made alot of enemies...

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A boardroom showdown with John Sculley that eventually ousted SJ out of Apple.

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SJ referred Gil Amelio (former Apple CEO) as a bozo.

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"F--- Michael Dell" was SJ's response once. Used his pic as target practice and SJ gave him a lecture in an email.

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Never got along with Michael Eisner.

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SJ's shouting matches with the heads in Google after Android was released.

The only thing Steve Jobs has said anything really flattering was to Mark Zuckerberg which is ironic since Sony was the one that produced the Facebook movie. Only Facebook and HP did he ever say anything flattering about other companies. Makes you wonder what he actually used at home that weren't Apple products? I know he owned a Benz. I can imagine Steve Jobs in a boardroom meeting was like watching Hell's Kitchen with Chef Gordon Ramsey screaming vulgarities to everybody.

Why dont you write the whole book on this thread while your at it...geez, some people

 

[ThanksSteve]

And the movie will have more of an impact on how people (general public not fans) will preceive Jobs than the biography or any other book. Let's hope it's done well.

 

[samcraig]

I agree. I feel bad for his family getting all this attention.

Really? REALLY? wow....

 

[louis Fashion]

SONY, are we not involved with a lawsuit or something????

 

[ianday]

To people complaining about the prospect of a movie I say this:

What happens after a book/biography is published? Rights are purchased by a studio and a movie is made. It's a natural progression so stop crying 'Too soon! too soon!' because by that by that logic you might as well say the biography was released too soon.

My picks for Jobs are (sorry Noah Wyle, you had your turn):

Young Steves

Ashton Kutcher

Jason Schwartzman

Old Steve

Tom Cruise (with better makeup)

I'm not a great fan of these actors but they'd make a great lineup.

 

[MrSmith]

And we all know about Hollywood's preoccupation with accurate historical fact.

 

[twoodcc]

i really hope they go forth and make this movie. i'd imagine it would be a huge hit

 

[ianday]

This media frenzy is revolting.

Stuff White People Like - #101, Being Offended

Media is always revolting but if being offended on Steve's behalf somehow makes you feel closer to him then I'm not going to stop you. I'm sure the people who actually were close to him don't care about all the media coverage, they've got a life to get on with. You can now rest with the knowledge that you care more about Steve than they do.

 

[Sackvillenb]

Just get Michael Bay to do it. He's a good director. Right? Right???!?

But in all seriousness, with the right writer and director, this could actually be pretty interesting...

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my mind just got a bit blown by those celebrity picture comparisons with Steve Jobs... wow...!

 

[kjs862]

sounds like a good idea, he did a great job with The Facebook!

 

[AppleScruff1]

Stuff White People Like - #101, Being Offended

Media is always revolting but if being offended on Steve's behalf somehow makes you feel closer to him then I'm not going to stop you. I'm sure the people who actually were close to him don't care about all the media coverage, they've got a life to get on with. You can now rest with the knowledge that you care more about Steve than they do.

I didn't mean it that way at all. I think it is idiotic that people are making this guy out to be the second coming of Christ. He and his companies came up with some outstanding products and ideas. The man himself was an arrogant, egotistical, narcissistic, douche who took cheap shots at many of his peers, even the one who saved his company many years back.

 

[Vivaldi]

No. No. No.

For the love of God, please, no.

 

[MrSmith]

I didn't mean it that way at all. I think it is idiotic that people are making this guy out to be the second coming of Christ. He and his companies came up with some outstanding products and ideas. The man himself was an arrogant, egotistical, narcissistic, douche who took cheap shots at many of his peers, even the one who saved his company many years back.

He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!

 

[vitzr]

All this hero worship is over the top.

Will it ever end?

Will Tim Cook be given a fair chance?

It's not looking good.

Far too many are addicted to living in the past.

Sad

 

[CaptainCannabis]

Wow... Sony is.... really pathetic.

Sony execs: go die.

 

[jca666us]

Agreed, but Noah looks an awful lot like Steve too.

After reading half the book so far, I hope they don't compress too much in making the movie.

There's so much to cover, and it could easily be a good 2.5 - 3 hr. movie and keep most everything in.

Might be cool to intersperse mock interviews with various people.

BTW, the best director for this film would Steven Soderbergh.

+1

His performance in POSV pretty much highlighted that movie. Just needed better production values that SJ even insisted which Sony/Columbia which will offer.

I want to see SJ from the very beginning as a youth. His hippie days in the 1970's are some interesting years. And then the tyranny and bitterness he had with several people even in his last days of his life. Battles with Bill Gates and his shouting matches with Sculley and the folks at Google. His honesty is like Simon Cowell. Vulgar, but honest.

If Sony can make an interesting movie about Mark Zuckerberg and win awards for it, a Steve Jobs movie will be even more interesting and a box office success like most of Apple's current products.

 

[samcraig]

Some people here are casting - not based on talent - but only by appearance. Thank goodness you aren't casting directors or producers...

You don't have to have someone that looks identical to the person they are betraying. Did Jesse E. look like Zuckerberg? No. It's called ACTING.

 

[jordanjclay]

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Gangster Movie, about the Apple Family, fighting an undercover war for turf against the Microsoft Family. Starring Jason Statham as Jonathan Ive.

Do you really think Jason Statham would play a movie where he wasn't a hitman that drove a fast car?

 

[ianday]

Some people here are casting - not based on talent - but only by appearance. Thank goodness you aren't casting directors or producers...

You don't have to have someone that looks identical to the person they are betraying. Did Jesse E. look like Zuckerberg? No. It's called ACTING.

I have a feeling you're talking about my post. My choice wasn't based purely on appearance but also acting skill. If an actor is a douch in real life or plays bad characters, it doesn't make them a bad actor. They've all proved they have quite a range even if often type cast. Based on acting skill alone they'd each run rings around Noah Wyle anyway. There'd be plenty of people out there that would avoid the movie based on my cast selection but that'd be their loss.