Earlier this year we reported that director David Fincher was eyeing
Sony Pictures' untitled Steve Jobs and was hoping to have Christian Bale to
play the part, but now unfortunately is seems that the director as departed
from the project due to contract disputes, i.e. $10 million upfront and control
over marketing, says THR.
The project had a script by Aaron Sorkin, with whom the director had
previously worked on The Social Network, and was reported to be based on Walter
Isaacson's biography of Jobs.
Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two
years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends,
adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting
story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a
creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive
revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music,
phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.
Driven by demons,
Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and
products were interrelated, just as Apple's hardware and software tended to be,
as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary,
filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.
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