It is officially announced that the bio of Apples co-founder 'Steve
Jobs' by Walter Isaacson's is becoming a movie, The screenplay for the
movie will be written by the Academy Award-winning writer Aaron Sorkin
who had written "The Social Network".
Sony announced that the screenwriter has accepted the job. “Steve Jobs
story is a very unique one and not only that he was one of the most
influential and revolutionary men of all time," Sony Pictures
Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal said in a statement.
"There is no writer working in Hollywood today who is more capable
of capturing such an extraordinary life for the screen than Aaron
Sorkin; in his hands, we're confident that the film will be everything
that Jobs himself was: captivating, entertaining, and polarizing."
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| Ashton Kutcher playing Steve Jobs |
In the Technology World Aaron Sorkin is best writer known for his
Academy Award-winning "The Social Network," The story is based on Mark
Zuckerberg who built up the Facebook Empire and he also wrote
screenplays for several films, plays, and TV shows, such as "The West
Wing," "Moneyball," and "A Few Good Men".
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| Ashton Kutcher playing Steve Jobs |
After the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died from a rare form of
pancreatic cancer at the age of 56 ,Sony grabbed the rights to Walter
Isaacson's best-selling bio "Steve Jobs". Sony signed the deal for $1
million according to the Web site Film. There are rumors that Sony was
looking for George Clooney or Noah Wyle to play the role of Steve Jobs.
