TV Bits: ‘The Walking Dead’, ‘New Girl’, ‘Homeland’, ‘Boardwalk Empire’,...
AMC’s keeping their fingers crossed that The Walking Dead will never, ever end. Also after the jump: Ricky Gervais‘ Derek comes to Netflix this fall ABC reveals plans to finish 666 Park Ave and Apt....
View ArticlePaul Greengrass to Helm Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7′
Several years back, Aaron Sorkin penned a script called The Trial of the Chicago 7 that caught the attention of some high-profile directors. Among those were Steven Spielberg, who was originally set...
View ArticlePaul Greengrass Won’t Helm Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7′
Paul Greengrass‘s on-again, off-again affair with DreamWorks’ The Trial of the Chicago 7 is, well, off again. The Captain Phillips director has just left the Aaron Sorkin-penned drama, two months...
View ArticleUpcoming Third Season of ‘The Newsroom’ Will Be Its Last; Plus Aaron Sorkin...
When it comes to HBO’s series The Newsroom, people either love it or hate it. Knowing that, today everyone got some good news. For fans, a third season of the show has officially been announced. That...
View ArticleDavid Fincher Could Direct Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs Biopic [Updated]
The Oscar-winning team behind The Social Network is taking on tech-reality once again. David Fincher is in early talks to direct a Steve Jobs biopic written by Aaron Sorkin. Update: New reports say...
View ArticleDavid Fincher Wants Christian Bale to Play Steve Jobs
David Fincher will only direct the Aaron Sorkin-scripted Steve Jobs biopic if Oscar-winner Christian Bale plays the lead role. That’s what The Wrap is reporting this afternoon. Fincher has been in...
View ArticleDavid Fincher Won’t Direct Aaron Sorkin-Scripted Steve Jobs Movie
When David Fincher was first announced as the likely director for the Aaron Sorkin-scripted Steve Jobs movie, there was some dissent as to how firm or even likely the deal was. Now the deal is dead,...
View ArticleLOL: Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Foodroom’ TV Show Parody By Amy Schumer
The latest episode of Inside Amy Schumer includes an incredible parody of a faux Aaron Sorkin television series The Foodroom. In the latest drama from Aaron Sorkin, the manager of a fast food...
View ArticleDanny Boyle in Talks to Direct Steve Jobs Film, Wants Leonardo DiCaprio to Star
At one point the Aaron Sorkin-penned Steve Jobs film might have been directed by David Fincher. Unfortunately, Fincher never took the gig due to disagreements over salary and control. That leaves the...
View ArticleAaron Sorkin May Write ‘Flash Boys’, From ‘Moneyball’ Author and Producer
The last time Scott Rudin had a Michael Lewis adaptation on his hands, he got Aaron Sorkin to help turn it into a critically acclaimed hit. So now that he’s got another Lewis adaptation in the works,...
View ArticleThe Newsroom Season 3 Teaser Trailer: Preparing For “Action”
HBO released a second teaser trailer for season 3 of The Newsroom attached to season the series finale of True Blood. The new teaser shows the cast and crew setting up in front of the camera right...
View ArticleAaron Sorkin Says Christian Bale Will Be in Every Frame of the Steve Jobs Film
We thought Christian Bale was a pretty solid choice to play Steve Jobs in Danny Boyle’s upcoming movie, but it turns out we weren’t half as excited as writer Aaron Sorkin is. Calling Bale “the best...
View ArticleSeth Rogen Is Steve Wozniak To Christian Bale’s Steve Jobs
The Aaron Sorkin-scripted, Danny Boyle-directed Steve Jobs movie just got a whole lot funnier. Christian Bale is already set to play the iconic Apple creator and now, Seth Rogen is likely to play the...
View ArticleChristian Bale Bails on Steve Jobs Movie
Update: Christian Bale has pulled out of Danny Boyle‘s Steve Jobs movie. THR reports “Sources say Bale, after much deliberation and conflicting feelings, came to the conclusion he was not right for...
View ArticleMichael Fassbender Could Be Steve Jobs for Danny Boyle
When Aaron Sorkin revealed that his Steve Jobs script, which will be directed by Danny Boyle, features Jobs in pretty much every frame of the movie, we started to think about the movie in new terms....
View ArticleAaron Sorkin Adapting Underground Poker Memoir ‘Molly’s Game’
Aaron Sorkin recently said he was done writing for television, but his feature film writing career isn’t going anywhere. Danny Boyle is prepping to shoot Sorkin’s script about Steve Jobs, based on the...
View ArticleAaron Sorkin Explains Steve Jobs’ Daughter Is “The Heroine” of Upcoming Film
The Steve Jobs film to be directed soon by Danny Boyle isn’t a biopic, emphasizes screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, and we know that the structure of the film is unusual. Rather than tracing the...
View ArticleSony Drops Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs Movie [Updated]
Sony has dropped the Steve Jobs movie that Danny Boyle has been preparing to direct. This is surprising development for Aaron Sorkin‘s Steve Jobs script, even given the lengthy and public casting...
View ArticleUniversal Picks Up Steve Jobs Movie, Danny Boyle and Michael Fassbender Still...
Last week Sony dumped Steve Jobs, but now Universal, as expected, is picking up the project. The Aaron Sorkin-scripted film seems to be mostly in the same condition it was when Amy Pascal and Sony...
View ArticleNatalie Portman Passes on Aaron Sorkin/Danny Boyle Steve Jobs Movie
UPDATE: Variety reported on December 8 that Portman passed on this role. It is thought that Portman (and Jessica Chastain before her) was actually up for the role of Joanna Hoffman, who was part of...
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