The story of a failure that was, in fact, a triumph, “General Magic” recounts the short but brilliant life of an early 1990s technology company that saw the future too soon. Populated by some of the field’s brightest young minds, General Magic was driven by charismatic founder Marc Porat’s groundbreaking vision for a personal handheld smartphone, which flamed out not for lack of ingenuity but, rather, on account of poor timing. Sarah Kerruish and Matt Maude’s documentary pays tribute to his and others’ pioneering work, along the way providing a window into the revolutionary, competitive, and precarious world of Silicon Valley. As a literal origin story about how we live today, it’s a captivating history lesson with global appeal.
As Porat tells it in hindsight, the idea for his device — with phone, messaging, note-taking, and game functions — came to him in 1989, and “General Magic” bolsters his...
As Porat tells it in hindsight, the idea for his device — with phone, messaging, note-taking, and game functions — came to him in 1989, and “General Magic” bolsters his...
- 5/9/2019
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
Kirsten Howard Rob Leane Simon Brew James Hunt Jan 10, 2017
The official disc announcement for Doctor Strange confirms the film's bonus features...
Doctor Strange DVD and Blu-Ray release date
We’ve got a date for the discs, that's now been confirmed. Amazon in the UK has started taking pre-orders for the film with a March 6th 2017 release date for the DVD and Blu-ray now listed. The official list of Blu-ray extra features reads thus:
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Featurettes:
• A Strange Transformation – Open your eye to a new dimension of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and see how the filmmakers brought one of comic books’ greatest characters to life.
• Strange Company – Find out what it’s like for the cast to work on a Marvel film, and how Director Scott Derrickson engineered one of the most ambitious,...
The official disc announcement for Doctor Strange confirms the film's bonus features...
Doctor Strange DVD and Blu-Ray release date
We’ve got a date for the discs, that's now been confirmed. Amazon in the UK has started taking pre-orders for the film with a March 6th 2017 release date for the DVD and Blu-ray now listed. The official list of Blu-ray extra features reads thus:
See related Michael Keaton headed to Kong: Skull Island Looking back at Peter Jackson's King Kong Godzilla Vs King Kong set for 2020
Featurettes:
• A Strange Transformation – Open your eye to a new dimension of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and see how the filmmakers brought one of comic books’ greatest characters to life.
• Strange Company – Find out what it’s like for the cast to work on a Marvel film, and how Director Scott Derrickson engineered one of the most ambitious,...
- 4/28/2016
- Den of Geek
The mythology of Steve Jobs knows no bounds. A Zen Buddhist who berated his employees, an absentee father who supported his daughter, and an underdog who spearheaded the biggest company in the world, all through the guise of glasses and a black turtleneck. Was he a good guy? Was he even a genius? Such questions have been asked time and time again, often with an ambiguous response behind them. Judge not by the warmth of the morals, but by the efficiency of the products.
These are the contradictions that drive Steve Jobs, the latest offering from director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. Steeped in five years of heavy research, wordsmith extraordinaire Sorkin (The Social Network [2010], Moneyball [2011]) whittles down Walter Isaacson’s biography to a trio of product launches in 1984, 1988, and 1998 – blending fact and fiction to fit his be-speckled canvas.
Many of the interactions that coat the film’s three-act...
These are the contradictions that drive Steve Jobs, the latest offering from director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. Steeped in five years of heavy research, wordsmith extraordinaire Sorkin (The Social Network [2010], Moneyball [2011]) whittles down Walter Isaacson’s biography to a trio of product launches in 1984, 1988, and 1998 – blending fact and fiction to fit his be-speckled canvas.
Many of the interactions that coat the film’s three-act...
- 4/8/2016
- by Danilo Castro
- CinemaNerdz
Michael Fassbender, who gave two great performances this year for "Steve Jobs" and "Macbeth," is being honored at 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff). He will join previously announced recipients Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, Brie Larson, Tom McCarthy and Saoirse Ronan. The Awards Gala will be on Saturday, January 2, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Click here for more info on the fest. Here's the rest of the press release:
.Throughout his career Michael Fassbender has brought to life riveting performances on the screen in films such as Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave, Inglorious Basterds and Prometheus,. said Festival Chairman Harold Matzner. .In his latest film, Steve Jobs, Fassbender delivers another stunning performance of subtlety and power, presenting the Apple co-founder as both a witty and engaging person and a conflicted Machiavellian. For his masterful performance in this film, we are honored to present Michael Fassbender with the 2016 International Star Award,...
.Throughout his career Michael Fassbender has brought to life riveting performances on the screen in films such as Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave, Inglorious Basterds and Prometheus,. said Festival Chairman Harold Matzner. .In his latest film, Steve Jobs, Fassbender delivers another stunning performance of subtlety and power, presenting the Apple co-founder as both a witty and engaging person and a conflicted Machiavellian. For his masterful performance in this film, we are honored to present Michael Fassbender with the 2016 International Star Award,...
- 12/4/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
I'm largely indifferent to the ever expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe, but I have to admit that the cast of "Doctor Strange" is looking ridiculously stacked. Even the snootiest cinephile who doesn't know their Iron Man from their Superman would be hard pressed not to show interest, and the ensemble has just added yet another exciting name. Read More: Telluride Review: Aaron Sorkin's 'Steve Jobs,' Directed By Danny Boyle, Starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet & Seth Rogen The excellent Michael Stuhlbarg, currently playing Andy Hertzfeld in Danny Boyle's "Jobs," has joined Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Mads Mikkelsen in the picture. Damn! The actor will be taking the role of Nicodemus West, who has a complicated history with the titular character, so I'll let Marvel Wikia do the heavy lifting: Dr. Nicodemus West was a long time admirer of Dr. Stephen Strange's surgical...
- 11/2/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
At the time of writing, Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange is almost a year from release, and with Marvel’s fantastical standalone film fast-approaching its due date, The Hollywood Reporter has word that Michael Stuhlbarg is on the verge of joining the cast in an unspecified role.
Best known for playing a ruthless crime boss in HBO’s acclaimed bootlegging drama Boardwalk Empire and, more recently, as the engineer Andy Hertzfeld in Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs drama, today’s casting tidbit could mean that Stuhlbarg is headed for Marvel’s quantic realm, where he’ll star opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelsen and The Martian‘s Chiwetel Ejiofor.
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Beyond his role in Empire, Stuhlbarg also appeared in A Serious Man all the while dabbling in all things alien with Men in Black 3. However, today’s announcement will mark the actor...
Best known for playing a ruthless crime boss in HBO’s acclaimed bootlegging drama Boardwalk Empire and, more recently, as the engineer Andy Hertzfeld in Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs drama, today’s casting tidbit could mean that Stuhlbarg is headed for Marvel’s quantic realm, where he’ll star opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelsen and The Martian‘s Chiwetel Ejiofor.
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Beyond his role in Empire, Stuhlbarg also appeared in A Serious Man all the while dabbling in all things alien with Men in Black 3. However, today’s announcement will mark the actor...
- 11/2/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Now that you've seen it, what did you think? Can a great man be a good man? Universal's opening of the Aaron Sorkin-scripted Steve Jobs movie is expanding further to wide release, so it's time to open up the discussion. Michael Fassbender stars as Steve Jobs, controversial genius and co-founder of Apple. Danny Boyle directs a cast including Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman, Seth Rogen as Wozniak, Jeff Daniels as John Sculley, Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, plus Katherine Waterston. The story unfolds in three acts, taking place at the launch of three pivotal products in Jobs' life. How is it? Any good? Is Sorkin's script brilliant? Once you've seen it, leave a comment with your thoughts on Boyle's Steve Jobs. Spoiler Warning: We strongly urge everyone to actually see the film before reading ahead, as there may be spoilers below. We also encourage all commenters to keep major...
- 10/23/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
By Cate Marquis
With Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs, there will now be three films on the late founder of Apple Computers, the man who put portable computers in eveyone’s hand, as this film notes at one point. A few years back, there was the biopic Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher, who has a striking resemblance to Jobs and this year, an excellent documentary by the Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney, called “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine.” Steve Jobs is a man whose fans admire him with almost cult-like adoration (and just to be clear, this writer is not among them), yet none of these films have presented him in a very flattering light- least of all Boyle’s film.
Director Boyle’s Steve Jobs is not a biography, and Aaron Sorkin’s script does not even focus on Job’s two most significant contributions to the world, making...
With Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs, there will now be three films on the late founder of Apple Computers, the man who put portable computers in eveyone’s hand, as this film notes at one point. A few years back, there was the biopic Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher, who has a striking resemblance to Jobs and this year, an excellent documentary by the Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney, called “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine.” Steve Jobs is a man whose fans admire him with almost cult-like adoration (and just to be clear, this writer is not among them), yet none of these films have presented him in a very flattering light- least of all Boyle’s film.
Director Boyle’s Steve Jobs is not a biography, and Aaron Sorkin’s script does not even focus on Job’s two most significant contributions to the world, making...
- 10/23/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Opening on Friday is the new Steve Jobs movie starring Michael Fassbender.
Set backstage in the minutes before three iconic product launches spanning Jobs’ career – beginning with the Macintosh in 1984, and ending with the unveiling of the iMac in 1998 – Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Watch this new ‘Look Inside Steve Jobs’ featurette where the cast and filmmakers discuss the man behind the movie.
The drama is directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder.
The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin, Boyle, and Academy Award winner Christian Colson.
Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Academy Award®-winning actress Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh.
Set backstage in the minutes before three iconic product launches spanning Jobs’ career – beginning with the Macintosh in 1984, and ending with the unveiling of the iMac in 1998 – Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Watch this new ‘Look Inside Steve Jobs’ featurette where the cast and filmmakers discuss the man behind the movie.
The drama is directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder.
The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin, Boyle, and Academy Award winner Christian Colson.
Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Academy Award®-winning actress Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh.
- 10/22/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
You’ve never seen such a compelling, entertaining movie about a genius jerk. As smart and as sleek as a Macbook Pro, and a compulsory bit of modern history. I’m “biast” (pro): love the cast and Danny Boyle; huge Mac devotee
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Steve Jobs: Genius. Visionary. Asshole. Steve Jobs is not a traditional biography of the Apple founder and, after it went off the rails in the late 1980s and early 90s, its returning hero and savior. We don’t peek in on his childhood, or on the battle with pancreatic cancer that he eventually lost. This is much narrower, the tale of how one man revolutionized the computer industry and as a result, you know, changed the world. Jobs wasn’t an engineer or a...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Steve Jobs: Genius. Visionary. Asshole. Steve Jobs is not a traditional biography of the Apple founder and, after it went off the rails in the late 1980s and early 90s, its returning hero and savior. We don’t peek in on his childhood, or on the battle with pancreatic cancer that he eventually lost. This is much narrower, the tale of how one man revolutionized the computer industry and as a result, you know, changed the world. Jobs wasn’t an engineer or a...
- 10/19/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Steve Jobs
Written by Aaron Sorkin (adapted from the novel by Walter Isaacson)
Directed by Danny Boyle
USA, 2015
Perhaps the masterstroke of Steve Jobs is that it reveals everything about its elusive subject, and yet, in the end, he remains a complete enigma. Bolstered by the best script of 2015 and masterful performances from Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet, director Danny Boyle’s propulsive character study is a fascinating glimpse at the evolution of a cult icon. Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin get a bit too theatrical at times, but this is the best film we’re likely to see about a complicated man who was equal parts narcissist, tyrant, and genius.
“I’m poorly made.”
This final self-realization from Steve Jobs (Fassbender) might also describe his early efforts as a techno-trailblazer. Brainstorming in a funky garage with equally-funky collaborator Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen), Jobs envisions a computer system that is “Closed from end to end.
Written by Aaron Sorkin (adapted from the novel by Walter Isaacson)
Directed by Danny Boyle
USA, 2015
Perhaps the masterstroke of Steve Jobs is that it reveals everything about its elusive subject, and yet, in the end, he remains a complete enigma. Bolstered by the best script of 2015 and masterful performances from Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet, director Danny Boyle’s propulsive character study is a fascinating glimpse at the evolution of a cult icon. Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin get a bit too theatrical at times, but this is the best film we’re likely to see about a complicated man who was equal parts narcissist, tyrant, and genius.
“I’m poorly made.”
This final self-realization from Steve Jobs (Fassbender) might also describe his early efforts as a techno-trailblazer. Brainstorming in a funky garage with equally-funky collaborator Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen), Jobs envisions a computer system that is “Closed from end to end.
- 10/16/2015
- by J.R. Kinnard
- SoundOnSight
Back Lot Music has released the soundtrack album for Steve Jobs, the new film from Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle and Academy Award-winning writer Aaron Sorkin. The album is available now on iTunes and Amazon.
The Steve Jobs Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features new music by Award-winning composer Daniel Pemberton, as well as two iconic tracks from Bob Dylan, and songs by The Libertines and the Maccabees.
Universal Pictures’ Steve Jobs, which stars Michael Fassbender as the pioneering founder of Apple, was released in New York and Los Angeles on October 9. The film will expand to additional North American markets on October 16 and wide on October 23.
“Fassbender’s Jobs is a tornado of roaring ferocity and repressed feeling.” – RollingStone.com
Enter to win passes to the St. Louis screening Here.
Director Danny Boyle says, “The first act was influenced by the early sounds of computers. The vast majority of the...
The Steve Jobs Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features new music by Award-winning composer Daniel Pemberton, as well as two iconic tracks from Bob Dylan, and songs by The Libertines and the Maccabees.
Universal Pictures’ Steve Jobs, which stars Michael Fassbender as the pioneering founder of Apple, was released in New York and Los Angeles on October 9. The film will expand to additional North American markets on October 16 and wide on October 23.
“Fassbender’s Jobs is a tornado of roaring ferocity and repressed feeling.” – RollingStone.com
Enter to win passes to the St. Louis screening Here.
Director Danny Boyle says, “The first act was influenced by the early sounds of computers. The vast majority of the...
- 10/11/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It is hard to believe that Aaron Sorkin wrote Steve Jobs. After all, he's the writer behind such brilliantly entertaining work as The Social Network, The West Thing and (even) A Few Good Men. It's disappointing enough that Sorkin's storytelling lacks imagination and drama. What's worse, Sorkin has created an irony-free zone where the infamously vicious Jobs comes across as a Christ-like figure, aided by Michael Fassbender's almost beatifically enigmatic performance. It's not that Jobs is paranoid, crazy or even mean, it's that he's misunderstood by everyone -- except his Mary Magdalene-like long-suffering marketing director Joanna Hoffman (portrayed by Kate Winslet with an oddly appearing and disappearing European accent of unknown origin.)
The film centers on the backstage drama of three product launch events. In each of these, Jobs must weather the scorn and enmity of his small circle of friends, lovers and colleagues: Woz (Steve Wozniak) with whom...
The film centers on the backstage drama of three product launch events. In each of these, Jobs must weather the scorn and enmity of his small circle of friends, lovers and colleagues: Woz (Steve Wozniak) with whom...
- 10/11/2015
- by Jeff Cohen
- www.culturecatch.com
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 30 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated biography “Steve Jobs” starring Michael Fassbender from Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle!
“Steve Jobs,” which opens on Oct. 23, 2015 and is rated “R,” also stars Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlbarg, Sarah Snook, Katherine Waterston, Perla Haney-Jardine, John Ortiz and Vanessa Ross from Danny Boyle and Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin based on the book by Walter Isaacson. Note: You must be 17+ to win and attend this “R”-rated screening.
To win your free passes to “Steve Jobs” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Monday, Oct. 12, 2015 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only...
“Steve Jobs,” which opens on Oct. 23, 2015 and is rated “R,” also stars Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlbarg, Sarah Snook, Katherine Waterston, Perla Haney-Jardine, John Ortiz and Vanessa Ross from Danny Boyle and Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin based on the book by Walter Isaacson. Note: You must be 17+ to win and attend this “R”-rated screening.
To win your free passes to “Steve Jobs” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Monday, Oct. 12, 2015 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only...
- 10/10/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"I didn't really know much about him," admits Michael Fassbender when asked about playing the title character in "Steve Jobs" (watch below). "I suppose the thing that really stuck with me was meeting people who knew him -- John Sculley, Joanna Hoffman, Steve Wozniak, Andy Hertzfeld … You could see he was still very much present in their lives. Even if their relationships were difficult, there was a sadness and a love there for him." -Break- Oscar mystery: Will 'Steve Jobs' surpass 'The Social Network'? The film by Oscar champ Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire") paints a complex portrait of the man as a brutal taskmaster with conflicting emotions about his family and his legacy. The actors credit the screenplay by Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin ("The Social Network") as an essential but demanding part of the process. Recalls Kate Winslet, who plays J...'...
- 10/9/2015
- Gold Derby
Set backstage in the minutes before three iconic product launches spanning Jobs’ career—beginning with the Macintosh in 1984, and ending with the unveiling of the iMac in 1998—Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Steve Jobs is directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin, Boyle, and Academy Award winner Christian Colson.
Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh. Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, is played by Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels stars as former Apple CEO John Sculley.
The film also stars Katherine Waterston as Chrisann Brennan,...
Steve Jobs is directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin, Boyle, and Academy Award winner Christian Colson.
Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh. Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, is played by Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels stars as former Apple CEO John Sculley.
The film also stars Katherine Waterston as Chrisann Brennan,...
- 10/9/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Steve Jobs is a dazzling artistic interpretation of one of the modern techno-giants and a terrific piece of filmmaking, led by a never-better Michael Fassbender in the lead role. It’s The Social Network 2.0 and one of the year’s best films.” – IGN
Universal Pictures has released a new clip, plus new featurette, for director Danny Boyle’s highly anticipated Steve Jobs.
Set backstage in the minutes before three iconic product launches spanning Jobs’ career—beginning with the Macintosh in 1984, and ending with the unveiling of the iMac in 1998—Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Steve Jobs is directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin,...
Universal Pictures has released a new clip, plus new featurette, for director Danny Boyle’s highly anticipated Steve Jobs.
Set backstage in the minutes before three iconic product launches spanning Jobs’ career—beginning with the Macintosh in 1984, and ending with the unveiling of the iMac in 1998—Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Steve Jobs is directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin,...
- 10/8/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
'Steve Jobs' movie poster. 'Steve Jobs' movie: 'Riveting, high speed' biopic starring Michael Fassbender at his best On the outside, computers are clean, symmetrical slabs of molded polycarbonate; pleasant, or at least inoffensive, to look at. On the inside, however, the part most consumers don't see, is a bento box of circuit boards, memory chips, wires, graphics cards, and cooling systems, busily processing and moving the innumerable pieces of information that make the unit work flawlessly or, occasionally, crash. What director Danny Boyle's ferocious three-act rocket ride, Steve Jobs, teaches us about its eponymous tech icon, is that he was much like a computer: on the outside, clad in his signature black turtleneck and jeans, he was trim, bespectacled and flawlessly functioning. On the inside, he was on the brink of crashing, his internal Os in constant operation, avoiding, justifying, and occasionally acknowledging his poor treatment of...
- 10/8/2015
- by Mark Keizer
- Alt Film Guide
All About Steve: Boyle and Sorkin’s Backstage Swipe at the Tech Magnate
Though it successfully usurps the ungainly 2013 film starring a miscast Ashton Kutcher as the eponymous technological entrepreneur, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s up-do hardly grazes the superficial surface of the man known as Steve Jobs, especially considering his name serves as the title. An astutely written and hyper-intelligent (not to mention overly loquacious) chamber piece, the type we’ve come to expect from the likes of Sorkin following his tackling of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg in Fincher’s 2010 The Social Network, this treatment spans a fourteen year period and covers the backstage scenes behind three notable product launches in Jobs’ career (1984-1998). The result is an exaggerated triptych of moments formulated as a bluntly theatrical stage play. Agonized modern figures now historically mythologized for the roles they’ve played in the technological advances...
Though it successfully usurps the ungainly 2013 film starring a miscast Ashton Kutcher as the eponymous technological entrepreneur, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s up-do hardly grazes the superficial surface of the man known as Steve Jobs, especially considering his name serves as the title. An astutely written and hyper-intelligent (not to mention overly loquacious) chamber piece, the type we’ve come to expect from the likes of Sorkin following his tackling of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg in Fincher’s 2010 The Social Network, this treatment spans a fourteen year period and covers the backstage scenes behind three notable product launches in Jobs’ career (1984-1998). The result is an exaggerated triptych of moments formulated as a bluntly theatrical stage play. Agonized modern figures now historically mythologized for the roles they’ve played in the technological advances...
- 10/7/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Michael Stuhlbarg stars as Andy Hertzfeld in the new film .Steve Jobs.. Hertzfeld is a member of the original Apple Macintosh development team. The actor met with his real-life counterpart and he shared his experience in this one-on-one interview. He also revealed his initial reaction to Aaron Sorkin.s screenplay, why the film is like a beautiful concerto, Hertzfeld.s joie de vivre, and what is his favorite Apple product?...
- 10/2/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Steve Jobs
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Directed by Danny Boyle
USA, 2105
Director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) divides this character study of contentious public figure Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) between three product launches, focusing on key pressure-cooker moments of his career that portray him at his most capable and least compassionate. The camera stares cynically as he betrays and keeps any potential closeness at a distance in order to uphold his greatness in the public eye. A parade of forsaken relationships creates a chasm between him and the rest of the world that the well-meaning people in his life continuously try to remedy. Although the indictment of his failings significantly softens by the third act, this is by no means a sympathetic account of the rise of the late guru behind Apple’s high-tech domination. Instead, it drives home the cruel single-mindedness that made Jobs an exceptional taskmaster. The film...
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Directed by Danny Boyle
USA, 2105
Director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) divides this character study of contentious public figure Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) between three product launches, focusing on key pressure-cooker moments of his career that portray him at his most capable and least compassionate. The camera stares cynically as he betrays and keeps any potential closeness at a distance in order to uphold his greatness in the public eye. A parade of forsaken relationships creates a chasm between him and the rest of the world that the well-meaning people in his life continuously try to remedy. Although the indictment of his failings significantly softens by the third act, this is by no means a sympathetic account of the rise of the late guru behind Apple’s high-tech domination. Instead, it drives home the cruel single-mindedness that made Jobs an exceptional taskmaster. The film...
- 10/2/2015
- by Lane Scarberry
- SoundOnSight
It’s almost October 9th, which is when we find out if you can throw everything into a film and get people to show up who don’t particularly care about the subject of a biopic.
Steve Jobs has an amazing cast, and brings together Danny Boyle as director and a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. With Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, and more, the film is a somewhat unique effort at combining demographics. Steve Jobs, and Apple, have fans enough to hopefully sell a decent amount of tickets, and for those who aren’t overly impressed in watching the company get off the ground, Boyle has fans as well, and etc.
If all of that isn’t enough, the story is a somewhat odd view of a life, which might intrigue a number of cinephiles looking to take in a different way of getting a story on film.
The movie gives...
Steve Jobs has an amazing cast, and brings together Danny Boyle as director and a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. With Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, and more, the film is a somewhat unique effort at combining demographics. Steve Jobs, and Apple, have fans enough to hopefully sell a decent amount of tickets, and for those who aren’t overly impressed in watching the company get off the ground, Boyle has fans as well, and etc.
If all of that isn’t enough, the story is a somewhat odd view of a life, which might intrigue a number of cinephiles looking to take in a different way of getting a story on film.
The movie gives...
- 9/28/2015
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
“Fassbender spits out Sorkin’s dialogue like an ice cube maker — each withering insult sticking its landing.” – Sasha Stone (Awards Daily), Telluride review.
Watch the latest trailer for Universal Pictures’ Steve Jobs.
Set backstage in the minutes before three iconic product launches spanning Jobs’ career—beginning with the Macintosh in 1984, and ending with the unveiling of the iMac in 1998—Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Steve Jobs is directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin, Boyle, and Academy Award winner Christian Colson.
Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh.
Watch the latest trailer for Universal Pictures’ Steve Jobs.
Set backstage in the minutes before three iconic product launches spanning Jobs’ career—beginning with the Macintosh in 1984, and ending with the unveiling of the iMac in 1998—Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Steve Jobs is directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin, Boyle, and Academy Award winner Christian Colson.
Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh.
- 9/17/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We've long known that "Steve Jobs" has a triptych structure, with Aaron Sorkin covering the Apple founder's life through the lens of three product launches. However, what he haven't known until now is that when it came to shooting to the movie, the cast and director Danny Boyle took a unique approach. "...the 'Steve Jobs' rehearsal process was unlike anything I’ve ever done to this point and probably unlike anything I’ll ever do again," Michael Stuhlbarg, who plays original Apple team Andy Hertzfeld, told Collider. "Aaron Sorkin wrote it very much like a three-act play, and each act was the launch of a new product. So we rehearsed each act for two weeks and then we shot for two weeks; then we rehearsed for two weeks and shot for two weeks; then we rehearsed for two weeks and then we shot for two weeks." "And that...
- 9/17/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Today brings some good news and some bad news when it comes to the forthcoming Apple pioneer biopic. First up, we’ll deliver the latter: most audiences won’t get to see Danny Boyle‘s Steve Jobs as early as expected. Instead of a wide release on October 9th, Universal Pictures will now release the Aaron Sorkin-scripted film only in New York and Los Angeles on that date, before expanding the following weekend and going wide on October 23rd. As for the good news, we’ve now got another look at the film thanks to a new trailer.
“For the most part, this is the filmmaker’s most reined-in picture in some time, as if a too-kinetic approach would interfere with the verbal energy of Sorkin’s script.” Variety said in their review. “Besides Guy Hendrix Dyas’ unobtrusively excellent production design, the picture’s major visual coup is the...
“For the most part, this is the filmmaker’s most reined-in picture in some time, as if a too-kinetic approach would interfere with the verbal energy of Sorkin’s script.” Variety said in their review. “Besides Guy Hendrix Dyas’ unobtrusively excellent production design, the picture’s major visual coup is the...
- 9/17/2015
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Telluride – Steve Jobs became one of the most iconic men of the millennium. He was a phoenix like figure that brought the company he founded back from the brink and transformed it into the most valuable corporation in the world. Jobs was also a difficult man to work with who many people admired and just as many considered an a-hole. Almost four years after his passing, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin have collaborated on “Steve Jobs,” an ambitious new drama that culls material from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the legendary Apple CEO. The movie takes place during three different product launches that also happened to be signature moments in Jobs’ life. The first act occurs before the launch of the Macintosh computer in 1984. The second act takes place in 1988 before Jobs’ introduces his Next computer, years after his dismissal from Apple. The final act occurs in...
- 9/6/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
As the days get darker and the cold winds of Autumn approach, it’s time to look ahead at the upcoming movies set to hit cinemas this Fall.
The huge slate includes the return of the Jedis, the rebirth of Frankenstein and a new age of Good Dinosaurs. These movies will take audiences to a Galaxy Far, Far Away, on a voyage to Mars and to the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest.
Here’s our list of the 2015 Fall movies that we can’t wait to see!
September
The Visit (Sept 11)
Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable) and producer Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, The Purge and Insidious series) welcome you to Universal Pictures’ The Visit. Shyamalan returns to his roots with the terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip.
The huge slate includes the return of the Jedis, the rebirth of Frankenstein and a new age of Good Dinosaurs. These movies will take audiences to a Galaxy Far, Far Away, on a voyage to Mars and to the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest.
Here’s our list of the 2015 Fall movies that we can’t wait to see!
September
The Visit (Sept 11)
Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable) and producer Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, The Purge and Insidious series) welcome you to Universal Pictures’ The Visit. Shyamalan returns to his roots with the terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip.
- 9/3/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, starring Tom Hanks, will make its World Premiere at the 53rd New York International Film Festival, running from September 25 to October 11. The film was one of 26 announced as part of the festival’s main slate, along with one of four World Premieres.
Some of the main slate highlights include Todd Haynes’s Carol, featuring Cannes Best Actress Winner Rooney Mara alongside Cate Blanchett, Miguel Gomes’s three part saga Arabian Nights, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin, the Us premiere of Michael Moore’s latest Where to Invade Next, Michel Gondry’s French film Microbe et Gasoil, and the World Premiere of the documentary Don’t Blink: Robert Frank, about the life of the fames photographer and filmmaker.
Previously announced films include the World Premiere of The Walk, Robert Zemeckis’s Philippe Petit biopic serving as the opening night film, the World Premiere of...
Some of the main slate highlights include Todd Haynes’s Carol, featuring Cannes Best Actress Winner Rooney Mara alongside Cate Blanchett, Miguel Gomes’s three part saga Arabian Nights, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin, the Us premiere of Michael Moore’s latest Where to Invade Next, Michel Gondry’s French film Microbe et Gasoil, and the World Premiere of the documentary Don’t Blink: Robert Frank, about the life of the fames photographer and filmmaker.
Previously announced films include the World Premiere of The Walk, Robert Zemeckis’s Philippe Petit biopic serving as the opening night film, the World Premiere of...
- 8/13/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Danny Boyle’s biopic, starring Michael Fassbender as the Apple visionary, to receive its European premiere in London.
The 59th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 7-18) has announced that this year’s closing night film will be the European premiere of Steve Jobs.
Directed by Danny Boyle and starring Michael Fassbender as the visionary behind technology giant Apple, Steve Jobs was written by Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) based on Walter Isaacson’s biography.
Boyle and Fassbender will attend the closing night gala on Oct 18 at the Odeon Leicester Square alongside Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet, who plays Joanna Hoffman, one of the original members of Jobs’ team in the 1980s.
It marks the third film directed by Boyle to close the Lff, following Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which the British filmmaker won an Oscar for directing, and 127 Hours (2010).
Boyle said: “If London was the cradle of the Industrial Revolution then San Francisco is the Bethlehem of the digital...
The 59th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 7-18) has announced that this year’s closing night film will be the European premiere of Steve Jobs.
Directed by Danny Boyle and starring Michael Fassbender as the visionary behind technology giant Apple, Steve Jobs was written by Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) based on Walter Isaacson’s biography.
Boyle and Fassbender will attend the closing night gala on Oct 18 at the Odeon Leicester Square alongside Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet, who plays Joanna Hoffman, one of the original members of Jobs’ team in the 1980s.
It marks the third film directed by Boyle to close the Lff, following Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which the British filmmaker won an Oscar for directing, and 127 Hours (2010).
Boyle said: “If London was the cradle of the Industrial Revolution then San Francisco is the Bethlehem of the digital...
- 8/6/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Tomorrow morning will see the first titles announced for the Toronto Film Festival, a day later Venice will begin to reveal their slate, but the New York Film Festival has already announced a pair of titles. Last week we learned Don Cheadle's Miles Ahead would close the fest that runs from Sept 25 - Oct 11 and today they've announced Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs starring Michael Fassbender will play the fest on October 3 as the Centerpiece selection. The interesting thing to note here is that nowhere in the press release announcing the selection does the word "premiere" show up, which leads me to believe Steve Jobs will likely show up either in Toronto, Telluride or Venice before New York with my leanings suggesting either Telluride or Toronto. The fact the announcement arrives today is no coincidence, but we'll have to wait a few more hours to find out. With a screenplay written by Aaron Sorkin,...
- 7/27/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Universal’s drama “Steve Jobs” has been chosen as the Centerpiece of the upcoming 53rd New York Film Festival, it was announced Monday by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Michael Fassbender stars in the film, which Danny Boyle directed from a script by fellow Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin. The duo worked off of Walter Isaacson’s bestselling biography of the tempestuous Apple co-founder. “Steve Jobs” will screen on Saturday, Oct. 3. The Nyff runs from Sept. 25 to Oct. 11. The film co-stars Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak, Jeff Daniels as John Sculley, Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld,...
- 7/27/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
The 53rd New York Film Festival Centerpiece Gala is Danny Boyle's "Steve Jobs" biopic, adapted by Aaron Sorkin from Walter Isaacson's biography, starring Michael Fassbender as the man at the center of the digital revolution, Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak, Jeff Daniels as John Sculley, Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, and Katherine Waterston as Chrisann Brennan, set for Legendary/Universal release on October 9. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady, Scott Rudin, Boyle, and Christian Colson. This follows last week's announcement that Don Cheadle’s directorial debut "Miles Ahead," in which he stars as legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, will world premiere on closing night of the upcoming Nyff (September 25 – October 11). Cheadle stars as Davis, during his crazy Manhattan days in the late-70s, opposite Emayatzy Corinealdi as his great love Frances Taylor and Ewan McGregor as...
- 7/27/2015
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Universal Pictures has unveiled a full trailer for the upcoming "Steve Jobs" biopic, starring Michael Fassbender and the late Apple founder and CEO. Check it out below. 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. The new movie co-stars Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley, Katherine Waterston as Chrisann Brennan, Jobs' ex-girlfriend, and Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original members of the Apple Macintosh development team. "Steve Jobs" is directed by Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours) from a script by Aaron Sorkin. It's set to hit theaters on October 9th. Trailer:...
- 7/2/2015
- WorstPreviews.com
Opening in cinemas on October 9, here’s you first look at the new trailer for Universal Pictures’ Steve Jobs.
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.
Steve Jobs is directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin, Boyle and Academy Award winner Christian Colson.
Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh.
Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, is played by Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels stars as former Apple CEO John Sculley.
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.
Steve Jobs is directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin, Boyle and Academy Award winner Christian Colson.
Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh.
Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, is played by Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels stars as former Apple CEO John Sculley.
- 7/1/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The dark side of Steve Jobs is on full display in the first trailer for Universal’s upcoming biopic of the Apple CEO, which takes place backstage at a handful of the most important product launches of his career.
It’s undeniably exciting to see Steve Jobs finally making its way to theaters – the project was originally set up at Sony, with Scott Rudin producing and David Fincher directing, but that fell apart rather spectacularly and Sony unceremoniously dumped the movie, leaving Universal to swoop in. Now, thankfully, production has wrapped and the pic is well on its way to theaters.
Aaron Sorkin (The Newsroom) wrote the script and appears to have packed it with some absolutely stinging lines of dialogue, from the sounds of the new trailer. Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours) is at the helm here, returning to prestige fare after 2013’s silly caper Trance, and he’s...
It’s undeniably exciting to see Steve Jobs finally making its way to theaters – the project was originally set up at Sony, with Scott Rudin producing and David Fincher directing, but that fell apart rather spectacularly and Sony unceremoniously dumped the movie, leaving Universal to swoop in. Now, thankfully, production has wrapped and the pic is well on its way to theaters.
Aaron Sorkin (The Newsroom) wrote the script and appears to have packed it with some absolutely stinging lines of dialogue, from the sounds of the new trailer. Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours) is at the helm here, returning to prestige fare after 2013’s silly caper Trance, and he’s...
- 7/1/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Universal Pictures has unveiled the first teaser trailer for the upcoming "Steve Jobs" biopic, starring Michael Fassbender and the late Apple founder and CEO. Check it out below. 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. The new movie co-stars Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley, Katherine Waterston as Chrisann Brennan, Jobs' ex-girlfriend, and Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original members of the Apple Macintosh development team. "Steve Jobs" is directed by Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours) from a script by Aaron Sorkin. It's set to hit theaters on October 9th. Trailer:...
- 5/18/2015
- WorstPreviews.com
Danny Boyle directs, Aaron Sorkin writes, Fassbender acts. What could go wrong?
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 epicentre.
Steve Jobs is directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder.
Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh. Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, is played by Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels stars as former Apple CEO John Sculley. The film also stars Katherine Waterston as Chrisann Brennan, Jobs’ ex-girlfriend, and Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original members of the Apple Macintosh development team.
Steve Jobs will release in UK cinemas 13 November.
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 epicentre.
Steve Jobs is directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder.
Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh. Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, is played by Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels stars as former Apple CEO John Sculley. The film also stars Katherine Waterston as Chrisann Brennan, Jobs’ ex-girlfriend, and Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original members of the Apple Macintosh development team.
Steve Jobs will release in UK cinemas 13 November.
- 5/18/2015
- by admin
- Pure Movies
Universal has decided Sunday evening is the best time to premiere the first trailer for Steve Jobs offering the first look at Michael Fassbender as the founder of Apple. Directed by Danny Boyle (127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire) and written by Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network), the film is set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, taking us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter. Sorkin's screenplay was adapted with the aid of Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography of the Apple founder and co-stars Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh; Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple; and Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley. Katherine Waterston (Inherent Vice) stars as Chrisann Brennan, Jobs' ex-girlfriend and Michael Stuhlbarg ("Boardwalk Empire") stars as Andy Hertzfeld, one...
- 5/18/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Hitting cinemas on October 9, 2015, the teaser trailer for Danny Boyle’s drama Steve Jobs looks really great.
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.
Steve Jobs is directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin and Academy Award winner Christian Colson.
Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh. Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, is played by Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels stars as former Apple CEO John Sculley.
The film also...
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.
Steve Jobs is directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin and Academy Award winner Christian Colson.
Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh. Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, is played by Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels stars as former Apple CEO John Sculley.
The film also...
- 5/18/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michael Fassbender is currently working on the upcoming "Steve Jobs" biopic, and today we have a photo of some advertising created for the movie's set. It features Fassbender as Steve Jobs promoting his NeXT company, which he launched after being fired from Apple. Check it out below. In addition to Fassbender, the cast includes Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley, Katherine Waterston as Chrisann Brennan, Jobs' ex-girlfriend, and Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original members of the Apple Macintosh development team. The new movie is directed by Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) and is set to hit theaters on October 9th. Photo: (click to enlarge)...
- 3/18/2015
- WorstPreviews.com
After Christian Bale exited Danny Boyle’s upcoming Steve Jobs biopic, many believed the project to have lost its driving element. Bale’s resemblance to the Apple founder is perhaps greater than the man who would actually go on to play him; Michael Fassbender. Regardless, in this first leaked poster it appears as if Fassbender is right at home in the shoes of the technological pioneer.
The poster is a replica of the original promotional ad for Jobs’ NeXT computer. In the snap, Fassbender occupies the same space that Jobs did during that round of marketing and while he doesn’t look remotely like the man, this is a movie. Disbelief has to be suspended just a little.
For those of you who may need a refresher, the movie is scripted by Aaron Sorkin who has repeatedly affirmed that the finished feature won’t resemble a traditional biopic. Instead it...
The poster is a replica of the original promotional ad for Jobs’ NeXT computer. In the snap, Fassbender occupies the same space that Jobs did during that round of marketing and while he doesn’t look remotely like the man, this is a movie. Disbelief has to be suspended just a little.
For those of you who may need a refresher, the movie is scripted by Aaron Sorkin who has repeatedly affirmed that the finished feature won’t resemble a traditional biopic. Instead it...
- 3/17/2015
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
Fresh off Michael Mann’s cybernetic hacking thriller Blackhat, John Oritz has boarded Danny Boyle’s upcoming Steve Jobs in a supporting role.
According to Deadline, Oritz — whose previous credits include appearances in Silver Linings Playbook and Fast and Furious 6 — will play the part of Joel Pforzheimer, a journalist tasked with interviewing the titular visionary for GQ magazine. No other details of his role nor how prominent it will prove to be were shared at this time.
Oritz now joins a growing ensemble cast for Boyle’s production, one that includes Seth Rogen as Jobs’ partner-in-technological-crime Steve Wozniak, not to mention Perla Haney-Jardine, Ripley Sobo, and Makenzie Moss as Lisa Brennan, the Apple co-founder’s daughter. From what we understand, Brennan’s character will have significant part to play in the final product, with the script orbiting around three of the company’s most high-profile product launches within its illustrious history,...
According to Deadline, Oritz — whose previous credits include appearances in Silver Linings Playbook and Fast and Furious 6 — will play the part of Joel Pforzheimer, a journalist tasked with interviewing the titular visionary for GQ magazine. No other details of his role nor how prominent it will prove to be were shared at this time.
Oritz now joins a growing ensemble cast for Boyle’s production, one that includes Seth Rogen as Jobs’ partner-in-technological-crime Steve Wozniak, not to mention Perla Haney-Jardine, Ripley Sobo, and Makenzie Moss as Lisa Brennan, the Apple co-founder’s daughter. From what we understand, Brennan’s character will have significant part to play in the final product, with the script orbiting around three of the company’s most high-profile product launches within its illustrious history,...
- 2/12/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
From script to screen, Danny Boyle’s forthcoming film about Apple founder Steve Jobs has undergone a tumultuous journey that’s now got an end in sight. Prepare your calendars and dayplanners, as The Wrap now reports that the true story will arrive in theaters on October 9th, 2015.
Firmly ensconced in the middle of the annual awards season, the choice of a fall release is a deliberate manoeuvre by Universal to ensure those Academy eyes are on the biopic. Boasting a heavy-hitter cast headlined by Michael Fassbender as the titular CEO, Seth Rogen as his right-hand man Steve Wozniak, Kate Winslet as Apple marketer Joanna Hoffman, and Jeff Daniels as ex-Apple CEO John Sculley, it’s shaping up to be a serious contender in all major categories.
With cameras now rolling in San Francisco, a handful of grainy images from the set made their way online. These unofficial snaps were...
Firmly ensconced in the middle of the annual awards season, the choice of a fall release is a deliberate manoeuvre by Universal to ensure those Academy eyes are on the biopic. Boasting a heavy-hitter cast headlined by Michael Fassbender as the titular CEO, Seth Rogen as his right-hand man Steve Wozniak, Kate Winslet as Apple marketer Joanna Hoffman, and Jeff Daniels as ex-Apple CEO John Sculley, it’s shaping up to be a serious contender in all major categories.
With cameras now rolling in San Francisco, a handful of grainy images from the set made their way online. These unofficial snaps were...
- 2/4/2015
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
It hasn’t been the easiest of journeys for Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs film — what with David Fincher, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale and even Sony itself bailing on the project during its nascent stages — but now that the project has found a new home at Universal Studios, the wheels have ached into motion.
With filming now underway in San Francisco, fans have flocked to catch a glimpse of Michael Fassbender as the late, great Apple co-founder, resulting in some pretty low-res images making their way online. However, perhaps in a bid to showcase the once-troubled film in its best light, Universal has unveiled an image from the Californian set.
Showcasing Fassbender opposite Seth Rogen’s Steve Wozniak, the still appears to be taken during an earlier stage in Jobs’ defining career. From what we understand, the structure of Danny Boyle’s don’t-call-me-a-biopic will explore the creator’s life...
With filming now underway in San Francisco, fans have flocked to catch a glimpse of Michael Fassbender as the late, great Apple co-founder, resulting in some pretty low-res images making their way online. However, perhaps in a bid to showcase the once-troubled film in its best light, Universal has unveiled an image from the Californian set.
Showcasing Fassbender opposite Seth Rogen’s Steve Wozniak, the still appears to be taken during an earlier stage in Jobs’ defining career. From what we understand, the structure of Danny Boyle’s don’t-call-me-a-biopic will explore the creator’s life...
- 2/4/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Just yesterday, Universal unveiled a flurry of details relating to Danny Boyle’s upcoming Steve Jobs film, including a comprehensive cast list that was topped off by X-Men Days of Future Past star Michael Fassbender as the Apple co-founder.
With filming now underway in San Francisco, eager fans have stalked the production to get a glance of the actors in character, and this has resulted in some blurry, out-of-focus images weaving their way online. Chief among them is a long distance shot of Fassbender as Jobs in what appears to be a small restaurant. You can check out the image below, but fair warning, you’ll be straining your peepers to get a clear view.
What we do know for certain is the Boyle’s visualization of Jobs’ life will take inspiration from Walter Isaacson’s biography, with film being structured around three major Apple product launches culminating in the...
With filming now underway in San Francisco, eager fans have stalked the production to get a glance of the actors in character, and this has resulted in some blurry, out-of-focus images weaving their way online. Chief among them is a long distance shot of Fassbender as Jobs in what appears to be a small restaurant. You can check out the image below, but fair warning, you’ll be straining your peepers to get a clear view.
What we do know for certain is the Boyle’s visualization of Jobs’ life will take inspiration from Walter Isaacson’s biography, with film being structured around three major Apple product launches culminating in the...
- 1/29/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs — a gigantic game of musical chairs that has seen David Fincher, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, and Sony all think differently about their involvement — started filming this week, which means it is now a lot harder for everyone in the cast to quit. Here is the official list of actors who managed to be sitting down when the music stopped: Michael Fassbender as Jobs, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak, Jeff Daniels as Apple CEO John Sculley, Kate Winslet as Macintosh marketing chief Joanna Hoffman, Michael Stuhlbarg as developer Andy Hertzfeld, and Inherent Vice's Katherine Waterston as Jobs's girlfriend Chrisann Brennan. Universal also revealed that the last of the film's three long scenes will take place in 1998, at the Apple product launch that introduced the iMac. Go get those royalty checks, New Radicals.
- 1/28/2015
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
Michael Fassbender, Seth Rogen and Kate Winslet have been confirmed to be starring in director Danny Boyle's biopic Steve Jobs.
Fassbender will be playing the Apple pioneer, following previous shake-ups that linked Leonardo DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale to he role.
Universal Pictures has announced that Rogen will play Jobs's earlier collaborator Steve Wozniak and Winslet is portraying Macintosh marketing expert Joanna Hoffman.
Steve Jobs will also feature Jeff Daniels as ex-Apple CEO John Sculley, Inherent Vice's Katherine Waterston as Jobs's former partner Chrisann Brennan and Michael Stuhlbarg as early Mac developer Andy Hertzfeld.
Universal Pictures said in a statement: "Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, the film takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicentre."
The ensemble drama will also feature...
Fassbender will be playing the Apple pioneer, following previous shake-ups that linked Leonardo DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale to he role.
Universal Pictures has announced that Rogen will play Jobs's earlier collaborator Steve Wozniak and Winslet is portraying Macintosh marketing expert Joanna Hoffman.
Steve Jobs will also feature Jeff Daniels as ex-Apple CEO John Sculley, Inherent Vice's Katherine Waterston as Jobs's former partner Chrisann Brennan and Michael Stuhlbarg as early Mac developer Andy Hertzfeld.
Universal Pictures said in a statement: "Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, the film takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicentre."
The ensemble drama will also feature...
- 1/28/2015
- Digital Spy
Universal Pictures announced Wednesday that filming has begun on the delayed Steve Jobs biopic starring Michael Fassbender and directed by Danny Boyle.
To mark the occasion, the studio also revealed the official title of the film: “Steve Jobs.” They also released the official logline:
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, the film takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
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Universal also...
To mark the occasion, the studio also revealed the official title of the film: “Steve Jobs.” They also released the official logline:
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, the film takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Also Read: The Top 40 Best and Worst Actors Playing Musicians Before ‘Get On Up’ (Photos)
Universal also...
- 1/28/2015
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
Hot off the back of her phenomenal turn in time travel thriller, Predestination, Australian actress Sarah Snook has entered talks to join Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs movie.
Snook is still in the preliminary stages of locking down a deal, which will find her playing close to Michael Fassbender’s titular character as she’s slated for the role of his long-time publicist, Andrea “Andy” Cunningham. She will join a previously-announced cast that includes: Seth Rogen as Jobs’ right-hand man and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Kate Winslet as Mac marketing mogul Joanna Hoffman, Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley, Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, Perla Haney-Jardine and Ripley Sobo as Jobs’ daughter Lisa Brennan and Katherine Waterston as Jobs’ long-term girlfriend, Chrisann Brennan.
The real-life Cunningham was very close to the Apple founder, as she worked alongside Jobs during Apple’s formative years, and later became a valued...
Snook is still in the preliminary stages of locking down a deal, which will find her playing close to Michael Fassbender’s titular character as she’s slated for the role of his long-time publicist, Andrea “Andy” Cunningham. She will join a previously-announced cast that includes: Seth Rogen as Jobs’ right-hand man and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Kate Winslet as Mac marketing mogul Joanna Hoffman, Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley, Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, Perla Haney-Jardine and Ripley Sobo as Jobs’ daughter Lisa Brennan and Katherine Waterston as Jobs’ long-term girlfriend, Chrisann Brennan.
The real-life Cunningham was very close to the Apple founder, as she worked alongside Jobs during Apple’s formative years, and later became a valued...
- 1/23/2015
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
The Australian actress is nearing a deal to play the tech titan’s publicist Andrea “Andy” Cunningham
“Predestination” star Sarah Snook is in negotiations to play Steve Jobs’ trusted publicist Andrea “Andy” Cunningham in Danny Boyle’s “Steve Jobs,” TheWrap has learned.
Michael Fassbender will star as Jobs, while Seth Rogen and Kate Winslet will co-star as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Mac marketing chief Joanna Hoffman, respectively.
The cast also includes Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley, Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, Perla Haney-Jardine and Ripley Sobo as Jobs’ daughter Lisa Brennan (at different ages) and “Inherent Vice...
“Predestination” star Sarah Snook is in negotiations to play Steve Jobs’ trusted publicist Andrea “Andy” Cunningham in Danny Boyle’s “Steve Jobs,” TheWrap has learned.
Michael Fassbender will star as Jobs, while Seth Rogen and Kate Winslet will co-star as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Mac marketing chief Joanna Hoffman, respectively.
The cast also includes Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley, Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, Perla Haney-Jardine and Ripley Sobo as Jobs’ daughter Lisa Brennan (at different ages) and “Inherent Vice...
- 1/22/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
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