Steve Jobs Biopic Officially Confirms Cast and Gets Synopsis

If there has been a recent film project with a rocky (to say the least) road it has been Universal's Steve Jobs Biopic, from casting changes to studios changes this film has been through its fair share of difficulties. But the Danny Boyle-directed and Aaron Sorkin-scripted film has apparently gotten back on track, with the biopic now getting an official casting list and synopsis.

The reveal of cast and synopsis comes directly from Universal via a press release (via Collider), confirming names that have circled the film for some time now and also the basic plot. The biopic will star Michael Fassbender  as Steve Jobs, Kate Winslet as former Macintosh marketing chief Joanna Hoffman, Seth Rogen as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and Jeff Daniels as former Apple CEO John Sculley. Katherine Waterston will play Jobs' ex-girlfriend and mother of his child Chrisann Brenna, Michael Stuhlbarg will play original Apple Macintosh development team member Andy Hertzfeld, Sarah Snook will play project leader of Apple Macintosh Andrea Cunningham, Adam Saphiro will play Apple Computer Senior VP of Software Engineering Avie Tevanian, and the role of Jobs' daughter during different stages of her life will be played by Perla Haney-Jardine, Ripley Sobo, and Mackenzie Moss. The official synopsis of the film reads as follows:

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, the film takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

These latest reveals for the Steve Jobs biopic are great, for a film that has been through what this one has it is great to finally get some concrete material from the project. The synopsis sounds great, and before all the issues was what appealed to me the most about the film. Confirmation of the casting is great, and to finally have official word that names like Fassbender, Rogen, Winslet and Daniels are attached makes the project more appealing. I hope the films continues the positive streak it is on and we get to know more about it soon.