Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) and Oscar winner Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) teamed up for a biopic on Apple founder Steve Jobs and Universal’s just released a first look at their collaborative effort. The cast of Steve Jobs is led by Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs and includes Kate Winslet as former Macintosh marketing chief Joanna Hoffman, Seth Rogen as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley, Katherine Waterston as Jobs’ ex-girlfriend Chrisann Brennan, and Michael Stuhlbarg as Apple Macintosh development team member Andy Hertzfeld.
Boyle directed from a screenplay by Sorkin based on Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady, Scott Rudin, and Christian Colson produced the dramatic film. Universal Pictures’ Steve Jobs opens in theaters on October 9, 2015.
The Plot:
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
