Sony Gets First Dibs On a Steve Jobs Biopic?

When Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple and Pixar passed away last week after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, the first thing I thought (no joke) was how long before someone in Hollywood wants to cash in on his remarkable story?  The answer is two days, with Sony being the likely beneficiary, according to Deadline.  Though the studio is still in the negotiation phase of acquiring the film rights.

The biopic will be based on the upcoming biography (due out on October 24th) by Time Magazine Managing Editor Walter Isaacson.  The life and contributions of Jobs were portrayed before in a made-for-TV movie called Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999), which focused more on the rivalry between Jobs (Noah Wyle) and Bill Gates (Anthony Micheal Hall).

The new biopic is expected to be far more serious, after all Sony was the studio that gave audiences The Social Network and Moneyball.  Speaking of the Facebook inspired film, there are already rumors swirling about Aaron Sorkin being the man to pen the script for the biopic.  It turns out Mr. Sorkin and Mr. Jobs became quite good friends over the years, so his involvement would make perfect sense.

I think Jobs did a lot of noble work during this lifetime, and I would enjoy watching a film about him.

Would you be interested in seeing a Steve Jobs biopic?  Is it too soon?    

Comments

[amom231111]

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[J.Bradley]

Probably ANYTIME there's some national or international news story that really catches the attention of the public, there's an idea to make that into a movie. It's kind of like in "The Player" where the movie flack says all you have to do is open the paper, pick a story and BOOM, there's a movie. In this case a story has been done before - for TV, and on a TV budget for no less - and then you've had "The Social Network" which got not only the critical nods but box office as well in covering an information age subject. So if they strike while the iron is hot - just like the Bin Laden movie, they'll have something that taps again into the public zeitgeist. These may be the kind of movies coming out in a decade moving more and more away from the "vacation from history" that was the 90's and the "lost" decade of the 00's, when maybe people weren't so interested in their time and times and maybe now they are.

[Sam]

only be taken off normal movie! no need to spoil the memory of a good man! essay

[Susan]

I would be interested in seeing a biopic now, when Jobs, despite his death, is still so relevant. I read biography a lot, always trying to get insight into just what makes a person tick--why Steven was such a visionary, and not someone else. Now that his life is complete I would like to see it onscreen. A future biopic could show his life in more perspective, after time and new events and new technology have passed, but today's perspective would also be good.

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I LIKE IT,THANK YOU.only be taken off normal movie! no need to spoil the memory of a good man!