Sony Pictures has spent a reported seven-figure sum acquiring the rights to make a movie about Steve Jobs, based on his authorized autobiography.
The autobiography is due October 24 and is written by Time Magazine managing editor Walter Isaacson. The book was compiled from over forty interviews with the man who built Apple andrecently passed away.
Sony has some experience with business biopics, responsible as it is for recent hitsMoneyballandThe Social Network. Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan) is producing the film.
I was in a Best Buy when I heard about Jobs’ passing. Something about that seems poetic.
Sony Pictures Acquiring New Steve Jobs Biography For Major Feature Film[Deadline]
