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Aaron Sorkin on Steve Jobs Movie: It's Like Writing About The Beatles

 Writer Aaron Sorkin shed some light on his script for the movie adaptation of Steve Jobs' biography at D10, and it looks like its going to be anything but straightforward. Sorkin said that "it's difficult to shake the cradle-to-grave structure" of biographies but that he's "probably going to instead identify a point of friction" and focus on that.The writer of "The Social Network" also shared that he's a little nervous about taking on such an iconic character in Jobs, someone who is so revered. "One of the hesitations I have is that it's a little bit writing bout the Beatles," Sorkin said. He sees a potential "mindfield of disappointment" and told us he's still doing his research.The very humble-sounding Sorkin went on to say that, any time you are at the movies and you see the words based on a true story you should "think of it as a painting and not a photograph."So who is going to play Steve Jobs? Apparently, the role has not yet been cast, but Sorkin emphasized that the person will...

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