( CNN ) -- Move over , Ashton Kutcher . Christian Bale is going to give the role of Steve Jobs a go . Aaron Sorkin has confirmed to Bloomberg that the `` Dark Knight '' actor has been cast in an upcoming biopic about the Apple co-founder . Sorkin , who wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed film `` The Social Network , '' about the founding of Facebook , is at the helm of the picture and said of Bale 's casting , `` What we needed was the best actor . '' `` He really is a phenomenal actor , '' Sorkin said . `` He did n't have to audition . '' Bale will be in every scene , Sorkin said , and it 's an `` extremely difficult part . '' `` He 's going to crush it , '' Sorkin assured . The film is reportedly based on the `` Steve Jobs '' biography by Walter Isaacson , which the late Jobs sanctioned . Jobs died in 2011 following a long battle with pancreatic cancer . Kutcher portrayed the innovator in the 2013 film `` Jobs . '' Bale -- best known for playing Bruce Wayne/Batman in the `` Dark Knight '' trilogy -- will next be seen in Ridley Scott 's `` Exodus : Gods and Kings . ''
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin confirmed Bale as the star . The new film is based on a Jobs-approved biography . TL;DR Actor Christian Bale, who played Steve Jobs in "The Social Network," has signed up to play Apple CEO Tim Cook in an upcoming biopic about Apple's co-founder, according to Deadline.