Christian Bale is in talks with the makers to play Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs in a biopic directed by Danny Boyle.
According to foreign media reports, the 40-year-old English actor is in talks to play the charismatic tech genius who gave the world the iMac, the iPod and the iPhone in Sony’s upcoming biopic.
Reportedly, the role was previously offered to Leonardo DiCaprio but he turned down the offer, now Christian Bale is being considered to play the role of Apple founder.
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting) is directing the film, which may be called ‘Jobs’, from a script by Aaron Sorkin, who won a screenwriting Oscar for the Facebook drama ‘The Social Network’ (released by Sony in 2010). Sorkin’s screenplay is based on Walter Isaacson’s bestselling biography ‘Steve Jobs’ acquired by Sony around the time of Jobs’ death in October 2011, foreign media reported.
Negotiations recently hit a roadblock when ‘The Batman’ star showed reluctance to commit to any sequel, but now the talks continuous after the studio agreed to leave the sequel option out of the contract.
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