Aaron Sorkin to Adapt Steve Jobs for Sony Pictures
Published late last year, Steve Jobs was Amazon's best-selling book of 2011. In addition, the biography ranked #1 among bestselling hardcover books by a 2:1 margin, with sales of 2,246,569 in 2011, according to Publisher's Weekly.
Commenting on the announcement, Amy Pascal said, "Steve Jobs' story is unique: he was one of the most revolutionary and influential men not just of our time but of all time. 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."
Aaron Sorkin won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on The Social Network. His other screenplays include Moneyball, Charlie Wilson's War, The American President, Malice, and A Few Good Men.
He has also acquired the motion picture rights to The Politician, the best-selling book by Andrew Young about the downfall of former Senator John Edwards. He will adapt the book and make his directorial debut with the film, which he will also produce. For television, Sorkin created The West Wing, Sports Night, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
He is currently in production on the HBO series The Newsroom, which is scheduled to premiere on June 24, 2012 . For the stage, Sorkin wrote "A Few Good Men" and "Making Movies"; he returned to Broadway in 2007 with "The Farnsworth Invention." Sorkin will return to the theater and make his Broadway debut as a librettist with the 2013-2014 production of "Houdini." Based on the life of legendary magician Harry Houdini, the musical will star Hugh Jackman and will feature music and lyrics by Oscar and Grammy winner Stephen Schwartz.
Steve Jobs comes to theaters in 2013.
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CBF
Wait - they aren't talking about the "Jobs" movie? I'm confused.
1 year agoby @comicbookfanFlag
skywise
@moviewiz001 Its all in that second paragraph.
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the Narrator
This is right up his alley. While I'd like to see the man branch out into another genre for his next project, this film now sounds extremely promising with Sorkin attached to the project. Now they just need a competent cast and director.
1 year agoby @narratorFlag
thedude-abides
It's a logical move, i just wish he'd avoid doing another biopic.
1 year agoby @thedude-abidesFlag
Bane5000
@moviewiz001...i dont know about policies, i just know at times theres no such thing as Hollywood Dignity lol
1 year agoby @bane5000Flag
MovieWiz001
@bawnian-dexeus@bane5000 Why in the world are we getting two biopics of the same guy!? Are there no such thing as Hollywood Policies!?
1 year agoby @moviewiz001Flag
CUPID
And the dickriding continues yet again...
1 year agoby @cupidFlag
Bane5000
@moviewiz001... Just wat i was thinking, is there gonna be this one and the one with Kutcher...or is this the same one?
1 year agoby @bane5000Flag
Bawnian©-Dexeus
@moviewiz001 Nop, just a biographical film.
1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag
ejk1
Well, Sorkin did good by Facebook, so I guess Apple is an appropriate next step.
1 year agoby @ejk1Flag
MovieWiz001
@bawnian-dexeus Is one a doc*mentary?
1 year agoby @moviewiz001Flag
Bawnian©-Dexeus
@moviewiz001 Apparently
1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag
MovieWiz001
I'm confused. Are there two Steve Jobs films in the works??
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