Filming for Steve Jobs biopic underway at tech guru's childhood home
Principal filming for a Steve Jobs biopic penned by Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin official started in California on Friday, with crews set up at the house where Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the first Apple computer in 1976.
After years in production, film crews are on location and prepping Jobs' childhood home in Los Altos, Calif., for shooting, reports CNET. The storied garage where Jobs and Wozniak dreamed up what would become the world's largest company has been returned to 1970s form, complete with period-correct regalia like an 8-track player and requisite Bob Dylan poster.
The house was among a selection of possible locations revealed in a batch of emails leaked online after last year's Sony hack. Sorkin planned to shoot at "two auditoriums, a restaurant and a garage."
That same leak shed light on Sorkin's plans for his adaptation of Walter Isaacson's "Steve Jobs" biography. While a detailed breakdown is unavailable, previous reports claimed the story will be told across three major scenes, all of which take place before product unveilings for the first Mac, NeXT and the original iPod.
Sony picked up the rights to Walter Isaacson's Jobs biography shortly after the Apple cofounder's death in 2011, but the road to production has been slow going. Locking down a suitable cast has been particularly difficult, as multiple big-name Hollywood stars passed on leading roles, including Christian Bale, Leonardo DiCaprio and Natalie Portman. Director David Fincher disassociated himself from the movie early last year over disputed contract terms.
Sony ultimately dropped the project in November, but Universal Studios picked up the pieces days later.
Currently, Michael Fassbender is set to play Jobs, with Seth Rogen as Wozniak and Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley. Also rumored to be part of the cast is Kate Winslet in an unknown role -- presumably Jobs' wife, Laurene Powell-Jobs -- and Boardwalk Empire's Michael Stuhlbarg as Mac OS programmer Andy Hertzfeld.
Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle will direct, joined by producers include Scott Rudin, Mark Gordon and Guymon Casady.
Last week, actress Perla Haney-Jardine was reportedly tapped to play Jobs' daughter Lisa, who is thought to be a pivotal character in Sorkin's retelling.
After years in production, film crews are on location and prepping Jobs' childhood home in Los Altos, Calif., for shooting, reports CNET. The storied garage where Jobs and Wozniak dreamed up what would become the world's largest company has been returned to 1970s form, complete with period-correct regalia like an 8-track player and requisite Bob Dylan poster.
The house was among a selection of possible locations revealed in a batch of emails leaked online after last year's Sony hack. Sorkin planned to shoot at "two auditoriums, a restaurant and a garage."
That same leak shed light on Sorkin's plans for his adaptation of Walter Isaacson's "Steve Jobs" biography. While a detailed breakdown is unavailable, previous reports claimed the story will be told across three major scenes, all of which take place before product unveilings for the first Mac, NeXT and the original iPod.
Sony picked up the rights to Walter Isaacson's Jobs biography shortly after the Apple cofounder's death in 2011, but the road to production has been slow going. Locking down a suitable cast has been particularly difficult, as multiple big-name Hollywood stars passed on leading roles, including Christian Bale, Leonardo DiCaprio and Natalie Portman. Director David Fincher disassociated himself from the movie early last year over disputed contract terms.
Sony ultimately dropped the project in November, but Universal Studios picked up the pieces days later.
Currently, Michael Fassbender is set to play Jobs, with Seth Rogen as Wozniak and Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley. Also rumored to be part of the cast is Kate Winslet in an unknown role -- presumably Jobs' wife, Laurene Powell-Jobs -- and Boardwalk Empire's Michael Stuhlbarg as Mac OS programmer Andy Hertzfeld.
Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle will direct, joined by producers include Scott Rudin, Mark Gordon and Guymon Casady.
Last week, actress Perla Haney-Jardine was reportedly tapped to play Jobs' daughter Lisa, who is thought to be a pivotal character in Sorkin's retelling.
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Samsung will be watching every frame of this, trying to analyze Jobs's secrets. I'm surprised they haven't hired Woz yet.
Yes, but as long as they're not aping Apple!
"Period correct regalia" is the problem with this genre. Every scene will have a few choice items in it, and many will be wrong.
He had a TEAC reel-to-reel from what I know of.
I'd be shocked if Jobs had an 8-track player around. If ever there was a trailer trash platform, that was it. I never knew anyone who fell for that format. The cassettes looked like garbage when they were new.
At the time it was the best audio quality you could get in a car and extremely popular. I don't recall seeing many home 8-track decks though.
If you look closely at the photo above you will see the reel to reel in the back of the garage.
You're getting old.
Don't worry, it happens to all of us at some point. Welcome to Club Curmudgeon!
Poor Woz being played by a pot headed goof who can't act. I wonder what he must think. Bad casting. Did Jonah Hill turn this one down?
With any luck it'll be as good as Mr. Popper's Penguins. /s
Seth Rogan has been acting for quite a long time. I'm sure he'll be fine, however it's my understanding that Woz never used drugs.
Must be great to be borderline funny.
Perhaps.
Better to be Christian, though.
Aaron Sorkin - with this man writing the dialog, etc should be good - don't watch much mainstream TV but he did an awesome job on the West Wing series.
Agree. This guy is head and shoulders when it comes to dialogue and thematic elements. He writes up to the audience instead of down to it. He writes for college-educated adults, which is why many don't like him. My only quibble; the content is so rich and dense and comes at you so fast. Thank god for TiVo reverse.