Leonardo DiCaprio Backs Out of Steve Jobs Biopic

KingsOfKings

♟️ GRANDMASTERS ♟️
Joined
Sep 20, 2014
Messages
69,465
Reputation
30,011
Daps
89,928
Instead of making the untitled project after shooting 'The Revenant,' the actor has removed himself from the biopic altogether
Leonardo_DiCaprio.jpg


Leonardo DiCaprio will not be tackling the role of Steve Jobs.

The actor, who had been in talks with Sony to play the late Apple Computer co-founder for director Danny Boyle, has bowed out to instead shoot The Revenant. But instead of making the untitled Jobs biopic right after, as had been hoped, DiCaprio has removed himself from the project altogether. Sources say after DiCaprio finishes The Revenant, which began shooting this week, he plans to take a lengthy break from acting.

Though the Jobs project, based on Walter Isaacson's book and adapted by Aaron Sorkin, is one of the most anticipated biopics in recent years, it has encountered a few roadblocks since the best-seller was first optioned by the studio in 2011, around the time of Jobs' death.

Read more Hollywood Salaries Revealed, From Movie Stars to Agents

David Fincher had been in talks to direct, but as The Hollywood Reporter revealed in April, he left the project over compensation and control issues.

Now with DiCaprio out, the studio is eyeing a number of actors to take on the iconic tech figure, who has been both worshipped and reviled. Christian Bale, whom Fincher wanted for the title role, is on Sony’s wish list, as is Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Bradley Cooper (though Affleck seems unlikely given that he just signed on for the thriller The Accountant).

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-exits-steve-jobs-737570
 

Jx2

Veteran
Joined
May 28, 2012
Messages
13,782
Reputation
3,954
Daps
67,403
Reppin
NULL
And people really give props to the fukking Butterfly Effect:what:I mean the Butterfly fukking Effect:snoop: Kutcher:snoop:
I refused to watch that when it came out when I was in hs and still haven't watched it to this day because every time it's recommended to me, it's by people that are complete idiots and all of them claim it's one of the deepest movies they've ever seen. My shunning of the movie is out of pure spite now:leostare:
 
Top