The writer of the Oscar-winning film "The Social Network," and long-running TV series "The West Wing," has confirmed that he's been pitched on penning a film about late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-57330459-248/sorkin-yep-i-was-pitched-to-pen-steve-jobs-movie/
I like his work a lot (The West Wing), but he should pass this up. It could label him as a hatchet man.
JumpCutz
11-23-11, 02:31 PM
That should be one interesting bit of casting.
Who do you guys think would be a good choice to play Steve Jobs?
PopcornTreeCt
11-23-11, 03:34 PM
Noah Wylie was good in the TV version.
JumpCutz
11-23-11, 05:56 PM
I think Christian Bale would be up to the task.
Drexl
11-23-11, 05:57 PM
That should be one interesting bit of casting.
Who do you guys think would be a good choice to play Steve Jobs?
Emile Hirsch, maybe.
windom
11-23-11, 06:25 PM
I think Christian Bale would be up to the task.
Agreed, that's what I've been thinking since the rumors of the movie started. He could certainly pull of the weight loss necessary if he's willing to do that again.
PopcornTreeCt
11-23-11, 08:51 PM
I would think the movie would focus on his younger days, no? Emile Hirsch is a great choice.
Drexl
04-01-12, 07:23 PM
So... Ashton Kutcher?
Yes, I assumed it was an April Fool's joke too, and I love how they had to point that out. But apparently, Jeff Sneider of Variety insists that it's real: Kutcher will portray Jobs in an indie film.
I think that Martin would look pretty good in the role but I don't know if he can act.
riotinmyskull
04-02-12, 02:40 PM
I think that Martin would look pretty good in the role but I don't know if he can act.
check out TAKING WOODSTOCK
CloverClover
04-02-12, 02:43 PM
Seems the Ashton Kutcher, Swing Vote director one is a cheapo/cash-in version, so they cast the most 'trendy' actor. The Sorkin one will probably be A-list and have a real actor/director doing it... not far off from the Battle of LA v. Battle of Los Angeles thing
Matthew Chmiel
04-02-12, 05:56 PM
check out TAKING WOODSTOCK
:lol:
PopcornTreeCt
04-02-12, 06:38 PM
Who is Demetri Martin?
JumpCutz
04-02-12, 06:50 PM
Who is Demetri Martin?
Apparently you also need to check out TAKING WOODSHOP.
Solid Snake PAC
04-02-12, 06:51 PM
Some white guy. He was/is a comedian from Comedy Central. Did a movie w/ Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock. That's all I know. He might be Jewish...I don't know why I think that.
Tarantino
04-03-12, 09:53 AM
He's a hilarious comedian. He also had the 'Jonah Hill' role in Moneyball before Soderbergh dropped out.
windom
05-07-12, 06:01 PM
If Matthew Fox isn't busy getting DUIs, he could pull off Jobs in the later years.
I've seen that one a few times and Wylie was perfect in it. Kutcher will be awful in the big screen version.
PenguinJoe
05-10-12, 06:04 PM
Matthew Fox, good call.
DJLinus
11-15-12, 09:06 PM
Well, this is interesting:
Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs movie is only going to have three scenes
by Sean O'Neal November 15, 2012
…one scene of Aaron Sorkin's dialogue hitting you, one scene of your jaw hitting the floor, and one scene where a guy wears a mock turtleneck. Or, in a less jokey and more accurate way, three scenes taken from three very specific points in late Apple founder Steve Jobs' life: As Sorkin tells The Daily Beast, his ambitiously unconventional biopic will take place entirely across three scenes that unfold in real time, each of them set backstage before one of Job's famed product launches—"the first being the Mac, the second one being NeXT after he had left Apple, and the third one being the iPod." Of course, it's also possible Sorkin will eventually move away from confining himself to just those scenes, and the discussions that may have taken place during them that just so happened to have symbolic resonance for Steve Jobs at that point in his life.
As of now, he says, the only thing he's set on is the ending, referencing the "Think Different" ad campaign and its "Here's to the crazy ones…" slogan, and saying, "If I can end the movie with that text and that voice over... If I can earn that ending, then I will have written the movie that I wanted to write." Fortunately for Sorkin, a little-known fact about Steve Jobs is that he prepared for every product launch by running around naked, shouting at inanimate objects for not loving him enough.
This just became my most anticipated film. My mind is swimming with the directorial possibilities.
bluetoast
11-16-12, 12:19 AM
That's good to know, but damn he's revealing a bit much. I hope it's not the norm to openly talk about how you want to end your story, narrative structure, etc before it's even finished.
adamblast
11-16-12, 12:36 AM
Sounds more like Sorkin wants to write the Steve Jobs stageplay.
The Bus
11-16-12, 04:28 AM
:up:
KillerCannibal
11-16-12, 10:08 AM
I like the sound of Sorkin's approach. With the right director/actor combo, this could be excellent.
RichC2
11-16-12, 10:10 AM
If the dialogue is good, there doesn't need to be a lot of scenes.
JayDerek
11-16-12, 10:51 AM
If the dialogue is good, there doesn't need to be a lot of scenes.
exactly.
This news makes me very happy - I was hoping we wouldn't get a typical biopic
Solid Snake PAC
11-16-12, 11:02 AM
That's actually pretty bold but I can see it working very well.
sauce07
11-16-12, 11:13 AM
Knowing Sorkin, this won't be just Steve Jobs standing back stage reading over his noted for 30 minutes at a time, he'll be walking and reading his notes.
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