Now We Know Why Sony Gave Up On The Steve Jobs Biopic
Dec 9, 2014, 06:30 IST
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Thanks to the huge Sony Pictures hack, we now have a good idea why the company passed on a Steve Jobs biopic based on Walter Isaacson's biography of the Apple cofounder.
Sony's revenue projections for the movie fell by 25% after Leonardo DiCaprio declined the lead role, according to Fusion's Kevin Roose.
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DiCaprio announced he wouldn't be playing Jobs in October.
Sony then turned to Christian Bale, though he later dropped out of the role.
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At the end of November, Universal Pictures announced they had picked up the screenplay from Sony and cast Michael Fassbender as Jobs.
A hacking group called the "Guardians of Peace" released troves of Sony's internal documents last week.