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Tag: Aaron Sorkin

No Oscar nom for Aaron Sorkin for ‘Steve Jobs’ fictional box-office flop

Thursday, January 14, 2016 3:58 pmThursday, January 14, 201611 Comments

There’s no Best Adapted Screenplay [nomination] for Aaron Sorkin for his ‘Steve Jobs’ box-office flop…

Poorly-conceived ‘Steve Jobs’ movie flops hard and Silicon Valley cheers

Thursday, December 3, 2015 1:37 pmThursday, December 3, 201517 Comments

The movie “Steve Jobs” had all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster…

Pixar president: Steve Jobs would be ‘appalled’ by Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Steve Jobs’

Monday, November 23, 2015 11:55 am28 Comments

Even with framed cartoons on his walls, Ed Catmull’s office on the Pixar Animation Studios…

Apple makes more in 1.5 minutes than Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Steve Jobs’ flop took in over the weekend

Monday, November 16, 2015 3:26 pmMonday, November 16, 20158 Comments

It’s not exactly a shock to hear that Aaron Sorkin’s notorious box office flop ‘Steve Jobs’ had another disastrous weekend at the box office

Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Steve Jobs’ flick unceremoniously dumped out of theaters

Monday, November 9, 2015 5:35 pmMonday, November 9, 201521 Comments

Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle’s ‘Steve Jobs’ movie had another disastrous showing at the box office over the weekend…


Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Steve Jobs’ fiction’s box-office flop may hurt award hopes

Monday, November 9, 2015 9:01 am13 Comments

The Steve Jobs in ‘Steve Jobs’ is a fictional character invented by Aaron Sorkin…

‘Steve Jobs’ flop plummets 65% in second weekend of wide release

Monday, November 2, 2015 5:03 pmMonday, November 2, 201518 Comments

“Steve Jobs,” the Universal fictionalized drama that trades off the name of the deceased Apple co-founder, sank in its second weekend of wide release…

Universal’s ‘Steve Jobs’ flick bombs: Why Sony was right to pass

Monday, October 26, 2015 10:44 amMonday, October 26, 201572 Comments

When Amy Pascal allowed ‘Steve Jobs’ to leave Sony for Universal, the studio chief fretted…

Aaron Sorkin ‘Steve Jobs’ fantasy flops hard

Monday, October 26, 2015 8:26 am34 Comments

‘Steve Jobs,’ the dramatic, fictionalized depiction of Apple’s cofounder written by Aaron Sorkin is a flop…

Steve Jobs’ widow continues to speak out against ‘Steve Jobs’ movie

Thursday, October 22, 2015 1:28 pmMonday, October 26, 201521 Comments

Laurene Powell, the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, on Wednesday…

Mossberg: The Steve Jobs I knew isn’t in Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Steve Jobs’ movie

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 11:48 amWednesday, October 21, 201533 Comments

Unlike Mr. Sorkin, I did know the real Steve Jobs…

Why Danny Boyle filmed ‘Steve Jobs’ in three different formats

Friday, October 16, 2015 3:25 pmFriday, October 16, 201529 Comments

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin wrote his Steve Jobs movie to take place during three distinct events…

‘Steve Jobs’ movie is fiction, blatantly inaccurate; yet another con job from Aaron Sorkin

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 8:55 amWednesday, October 14, 201552 Comments

Aaron Sorkin — as well as Michael Fassbender, the actor who plays Steve Jobs — has failed to capture him in any meaningful sense…

Paid consultant Woz on ‘Steve Jobs’ movie claims accuracy doesn’t matter

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 11:10 amWednesday, October 14, 201531 Comments

According to the real Woz, they are all fiction; the real-world events didn’t happen as they do in the movie…

‘Steve Jobs’ per-theater average box-office ranks as the best of the year

Monday, October 12, 2015 11:28 amMonday, October 12, 201511 Comments

‘Steve Jobs,’ the biopic of the late Apple CEO directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin, opened in four theaters…

Steve Jobs’ daughter Lisa was crucial to new biopic

Friday, October 9, 2015 2:57 pmFriday, October 9, 20159 Comments

Steve Jobs’ widow, Laurene, may have done everything in her power to keep ‘Steve Jobs’ from getting mad..

Universal releases new 2:20-minute scene from ‘Steve Jobs’

Friday, October 9, 2015 1:57 pmSunday, October 11, 201513 Comments

On the eve of its opening in New York and Los Angeles, Universal Pictures has released…

The Steve Jobs in ‘Steve Jobs’ is a fictional character invented by Aaron Sorkin

Thursday, October 8, 2015 1:54 pmThursday, October 8, 201531 Comments

The Hollywood version of Steve Jobs will be barely recognizable to those in Silicon Valley who had a front-row seat for the dramatic arc of his life…

Jony Ive joins chorus of insiders’ complaints about new ‘Steve Jobs’ movie

Thursday, October 8, 2015 8:07 am11 Comments

Apple Inc. design chief Jony Ive joined critics of a new movie about his friend and colleague…

The Strange Saga of ‘Steve Jobs’: A widow’s threats, high-powered spats and the Sony hack

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 5:50 pm9 Comments

Jobs’ widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, 51, actively tried to obstruct the film…

‘Steve Jobs’ director Danny Boyle warns of ‘tremendous, terrifying power’ of tech giants like Apple

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 4:25 pmWednesday, October 7, 201532 Comments

For Boyle, taking on tech giants like Apple and Facebook is vital as they continue to expand in size and scope…

Forbes reviews ‘Steve Jobs’: ‘An electrifying interpretive dance of abstract biographical cinema’

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 1:29 pm8 Comments

This is an actors’ treat wrapped inside a writer’s dream trapped inside a deliciously directed (almost perfectly squared) black box…

Steve Jobs’ daughter Lisa skips movie screening, but parties with cast

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 11:25 am5 Comments

Lisa Brennan-Jobs was spotted in the crowd at a Tavern on the Green party for ‘Steve Jobs’…

Philip Elmer-DeWitt reviews ‘Steve Jobs’ movie: ‘I loved it’

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 9:03 am6 Comments

It’s not the hit job the defenders of Jobs’ memory feared…

Aaron Sorkin: Steve Jobs just wanted to be loved

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 3:37 pmTuesday, October 6, 201521 Comments

Hollywood’s most celebrated screenwriter offered a simple psychological diagnosis of a complicated man…

The ‘Steve Jobs’ movie that Sony, DiCaprio, and Bale didn’t want is now an Oscar favorite

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 8:55 amTuesday, October 6, 201512 Comments

Michael Fassbender wasn’t Hollywood’s first choice to play Steve Jobs in the new movie about his life…

Michael Fassbender already the odds-on favorite to win an Oscar for ‘Steve Jobs’

Monday, October 5, 2015 2:16 pmMonday, October 5, 201510 Comments

The relatively obscure German-born actor playing the title role is already the odds-on favorite to win an Oscar…

Steve Jobs’ widow and friends take aim at Hollywood over ‘Steve Jobs’ biopic

Monday, October 5, 2015 8:37 amMonday, October 5, 201530 Comments

Four years after Steve Jobs’s death, a new movie is reopening a debate over the Apple Inc. co-founder’s legacy…

‘Steve Jobs’ biopic too nasty to win Best Picture award

Friday, October 2, 2015 3:28 pmFriday, October 2, 201521 Comments

Danny Boyle’s ‘Steve Jobs’ makes ‘The Social Network’ look positively warm and fuzzy by comparison…

Andy Hertzfeld: ‘Steve Jobs’ movie ‘deviates from reality everywhere’ but ‘aspires to explore and expose the deeper truths’

Friday, October 2, 2015 11:32 amFriday, October 2, 201518 Comments

Director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin have created what they call an ‘impressionistic portrait’ of one of Silicon Valley’s most iconic figures…

Aaron Sorkin blasts Apple’s Tim Cook over ‘Steve Jobs’ critique: ‘You’ve got a lot of nerve’

Friday, September 25, 2015 3:38 pmFriday, September 25, 201544 Comments

Aaron Sorkin has lashed out at Apple CEO Tim Cook’s recent assertion that filmmakers…

What do you think of the new ‘Steve Jobs’ movie trailer?

Thursday, September 17, 2015 4:55 pmThursday, September 17, 201516 Comments

The second official trailer for Universal Pictures’ ‘Steve Jobs’ biopic has been unveiled…

Woz shocked and amazed by ‘Steve Jobs’ biopic

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 10:58 amWednesday, September 9, 20155 Comments

I’ve actually seen two rough cuts. My impression was I was shocked and amazed at how good it was…

Woz praises ‘Steve Jobs’ accuracy: ‘I felt like I was actually watching him’

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 8:56 amTuesday, September 8, 20159 Comments

One of the most, if not the most, anticipated World Premieres at the 42nd Telluride Film Festival…

‘Steve Jobs’ review: Michael Fassbender is stunning in breathtaking, relentless biopic

Monday, September 7, 2015 11:00 am20 Comments

In Aaron Sorkin’s new film, directed by Danny Boyle and premiering at the Telluride Film Festival…

‘Steve Jobs’ biopic makers shooting for ‘a portrait rather than a photograph’

Friday, August 28, 2015 12:56 pmFriday, August 28, 201514 Comments

When Steve Jobs hits movie theaters on October 9th…

Kate Winslet on ‘Steve Jobs’ biopic: ‘Sorkin makes it almost not about Steve Jobs at all’

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 10:55 amWednesday, August 26, 201519 Comments

Kate Winslet’s 11th-hour casting as Joanna Hoffman…

‘Steve Jobs’ to be centerpiece at high-profile New York Film Festival

Tuesday, July 28, 2015 8:55 amTuesday, July 28, 20154 Comments

The selection left him simultaneously thrilled and terrified…

‘Steve Jobs’ movie trailer fuels debate over Michael Fassbender

Monday, July 6, 2015 5:35 pmMonday, July 6, 201538 Comments

The much-anticipated ‘Steve Jobs’ movie has created a stir…

Watch Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs in new official trailer

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 1:30 pm36 Comments

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998…

See Michael Fassbender as ‘Steve Jobs’ in first movie trailer

Monday, May 18, 2015 9:25 amMonday, May 18, 201524 Comments

The film is set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998..

Universal to release ‘Steve Jobs’ biopic in the heart of awards season on October 9, 2015

Wednesday, February 4, 2015 3:24 pmWednesday, February 4, 20156 Comments

Universal Pictures has announced it will release Danny Boyle‘s ‘Steve Jobs’ in…

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