Aaron Sorkin denies claims that Steve Jobs supporters hate biopic
by Ben Child from Technology | The Guardian on (#PQZM)
Screenwriter appears on US television to note that the tech guru's widow Laurene Powell Jobs and Apple CEO Tim Cook have not yet seen Oscar-tipped drama
The Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has hit back at claims family and former colleagues of Steve Jobs are fiercely opposing his controversial forthcoming eponymous biopic of the late Apple co-founder.
The Wall Street Journal wrote on 4 October that the tech guru's widow Laurene Powell Jobs had repeatedly tried to "kill" Danny Boyle's film, which stars Michael Fassbender in the title role. Current Apple CEO Tim Cook also described recent attempts to immortalise the late Jobs on the big screen as "opportunistic" during an appearance on the Late Show With Stephen Colbert last month.
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