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"Following Sony's surprise exit from Academy Award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin's film about Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, Universal Studios has reportedly picked up the project with actor Michael Fassbender tapped to take on the lead role.\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;div align=\"center\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=\"http://cdn1.appleinsider.com/stevejobs-111006.png\" alt=\"Steve Jobs\" class=\"lazy lazy lazy lazy lazy lazy\" data-original=\"http://cdn1.appleinsider.com/stevejobs-111006.png\" pagespeed_url_hash=\"675927318\" style=\"display: inline;\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nAs rumored last week when Sony &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/11/19/sony-drops-out-of-steve-jobs-movie-universal-rumored-to-take-over\"&amp;gt;dropped backing&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; for the project, Universal has &amp;lt;a href=\"http://variety.com/2014/film/news/steve-jobs-movie-picked-up-by-universal-1201364178/\"&amp;gt;taken the reins&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; of the film based on Walter Isaacson's biography \"Steve Jobs,\" reports &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Variety&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;. A subsequent report from &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;The Hollywood Reporter&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; claims Universal &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/universal-picks-up-steve-jobs-752149\"&amp;gt;paid $30 million&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; for the opportunity.\r\n\r\nReportedly joining Sorkin are director Danny Boyle and actor Michael Fassbender, who will play the lead role of Jobs. Seth Rogen is also said to be taking part in the project as Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak.\r\n\r\nSony first bought the rights to Isaacson's biography shortly after Jobs died &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/05/apple_co_founder_steve_jobs_dies\"&amp;gt;in 2011&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; and Sorkin finished the script earlier &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/01/13/briefly-aaron-sorkin-reportedly-finishes-script-for-steve-jobs-biopic\"&amp;gt;this year&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, though the project is seemingly having trouble keeping directors and lead actors. \r\n\r\nDirector David Fincher was initially slated to direct, but pulled out of talks &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/04/14/david-fincher-pulls-out-of-talks-to-direct-steve-jobs-biopic\"&amp;gt;in April&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;. A number of big-name actors have also been attached to the film, including &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/10/02/leonardo-dicaprio-no-longer-in-talks-to-play-steve-jobs-in-sony-backed-biopic-\"&amp;gt;Leonardo DiCaprio&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/11/03/christian-bale-passes-on-role-of-steve-jobs-actor-reportedly-felt-he-wasnt-right-for-part\"&amp;gt;Christian Bale&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, both of whom passed on playing Jobs.\r\n\r\nDuring an interview that aired earlier this month, Sorkin said the film would not be a sweeping biopic, but will &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/11/06/aaron-sorkin-reveals-details-of-steve-jobs-biopic-says-he-helped-fix-typos-in-famous-stanford-commencement-speech\"&amp;gt;instead focus on&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; a segment of Jobs' life told through his relationships with coworkers and loved ones. It was later revealed that Jobs' daughter Lisa will play a crucial role in the film. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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