Universal said today it kicked off principal photography on Steve Jobs, the long-in-beta biopic that is now set to go with Danny Boyle directing Aaron Sorkin’s script. The already locked cast includes Michael Fassbender as Jobs, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak, Kate Winslet as former Macintosh marketing boss Joanna Hoffman, Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley, Katherine Waterston as Jobs’ ex-girlfriend Chrisann Brennan and Michael Stuhlbarg as one of the Mac’s original developers Andy Hertzfeld, and Perla Haney-Jardine (Future Weather).
Based on the Walter Isaacson biography of Jobs, the pic is being produced by Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady, Scott Rudin and Christian Colson. In November, the pic moved from Sony to Universal where it got a fast green light.
Universal said shooting is underway today in San Francisco but Berkeley was buzzing on Friday as the production took over La Méditerranée restaurant on College Avenue……….
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