# Aaron Sorkin to write screenplay for Steve Jobs movie

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 16, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-sorkin-to-write-screenplay-for-steve-jobs-movie/622147 "2012-05-16T23:29:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-sorkin-to-write-screenplay-for-steve-jobs-movie/622147/1 "2012-05-16T23:29:02Z")

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It’s the film adaptation of Walter Isaacson’s best selling autobiography of last year. This could be really good.

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**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-sorkin-to-write-screenplay-for-steve-jobs-movie/622147/2 "2012-05-16T23:32:42Z")

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I loved The Social Network, so I’m looking forward to this,

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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-sorkin-to-write-screenplay-for-steve-jobs-movie/622147/3 "2012-05-16T23:35:58Z")

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Forgot the link.

> **[Aaron Sorkin to Write ‘Steve Jobs’ Movie for Sony](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/aaron-sorkin-steve-jobs-sony-324794/)**
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> UPDATED: Scott Rudin, Mark Gordon and Guymon Casady are producing the biopic about the polarizing Apple co-founder.

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-sorkin-to-write-screenplay-for-steve-jobs-movie/622147/4 "2012-05-17T01:42:42Z")

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If anyone could handle the bastard-you-still-find-deeply-fascinating aspect of the book, it’s Sorkin.

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaron-sorkin-to-write-screenplay-for-steve-jobs-movie/622147/5 "2012-05-17T02:00:54Z")

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Yeah, he did a great job with [a movie about that _other_ asshole](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/)