Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, who won an Academy Award for telling the story of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, is considering taking on an even bigger Silicon Valley figure: Apple (AAPL) cofounder Steve Jobs.
Sorkin told the E! Network that Sony has approached him about adapting Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography, “Steve Jobs,” into a feature film.
“Sony has asked me to write the movie, and it’s something I’m strongly considering,” Sorkin reportedly told E! earlier this week at an event in Santa Monica. “It’s a really big movie and it’s going to be a great movie no matter who writes it.”
Sorkin won the most recent Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for “The Social Network,” which told the story of Zuckerberg creating Facebook in his Harvard dorm room and leading it until it became the largest social network in the world. He has also written television series such as “The West Wing” and “Sports Night,” and other movies such as “Moneyball” and “A Few Good Men,” which was based on a play he also wrote.
Jobs died Oct. 5 at age 56 after suffering from cancer for many years. “Steve Jobs,” released Oct. 24, continues to lead best-seller lists and is expected to be the best-selling book of 2011; Sony reportedly has the film rights to the book.
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