--- description: Michael Fassbender will play Apple's founder and Danny Boyle will direct title: Steve Jobs Movie Scooped Up by Universal image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54898f0629b7401d/69876ad60b72e37aa76dc260/steve-jobs-apple.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Steve Jobs Movie Scooped Up by Universal by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2014 3:17 PM CUT  Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaks during an Apple Special event to unveil the new iPad 2 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 2, 2011 in San Francisco. Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaks during an Apple Special event to unveil the new iPad 2 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 2, 2011 in San Francisco.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2014 3:17 PM CUT The long-brewing Steve Jobs biopic has been picked up by Universal Pictures, less than a week after Sony Pictures reportedly [dropped](http://time.com/3596599/steve-jobs-movie-michael-fassbender-sony-dropped/ "undefined") the project. The upcoming film will star Michael Fassbender and be directed by Danny Boyle. Aaron Sorkin is penning the script. The Jobs movie has already gone through a revolving door of stars and directors. Original director David Fincher was replaced by Boyle earlier in the year and Christian Bale backed out of playing the Apple founder this month. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/universal-picks-up-steve-jobs-752149 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3604784/steve-jobs-movie-universal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3604784/steve-jobs-movie-universal/"},"headline":"Steve Jobs Movie Scooped Up by Universal","datePublished":"2014-11-25T15:17:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:21:41.711Z","description":"Michael Fassbender will play Apple's founder and Danny Boyle will direct","url":"https://time.com/3604784/steve-jobs-movie-universal/","keywords":["movies","Steve Jobs","Universal"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54898f0629b7401d/69876ad60b72e37aa76dc260/steve-jobs-apple.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54898f0629b7401d/69876ad60b72e37aa76dc260/steve-jobs-apple.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Apple Unveils iPad 2","caption":"Apple Unveils iPad 2","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3604784/steve-jobs-movie-universal/","name":"Steve Jobs Movie Scooped Up by Universal"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Apple’s Tim Cook Says He’s Proud to Be Gay","description":"Apple CEO Tim Cook, one of the most powerful men in the tech industry, announced he's gay in a Businessweek op-ed piece.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/5FncSX8n/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-30T13:58:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5FncSX8n.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3604784/steve-jobs-movie-universal/","duration":"PT1M59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3604784/steve-jobs-movie-universal/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```