Seth Rogen Cast as Steve Wozniak in Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs Biopic
Seth Rogen is set to star alongside Christian Bale in director Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs biopic, which is set up at Sony Pictures. I never really thought about who they'd cast as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in the Aaron Sorkin' scripted movie, but Rogen seems like a solid choice.
The movie is based on Walter Isaacson’s biography Steve Jobs, and according to Sorkin, the movie will be divided into three long scenes, each taking place backstage before one of Jobs' famous product launches. Those products are said to be the Mac, NeXT (after Jobs had left Apple), and the iPod.
As you know, Rogen is mostly known for his crazy comedic roles, but he should great in this. It might be a role that will open up a whole new level of dramatic parts for the actor, just like Moneyball did for Jonah Hill.
Here's a detailed synopsis of the book that the film will be based on:
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.
Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.
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.
Via: Variety