Trending News|July 02, 2015 01:42 EDT
'Steve Jobs' Movie News: First Trailer Released For Biopic [VIDEO]
A full trailer has finally been released for the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic starring Michael Fassbender as the iconic CEO.
The movie also stars Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak, Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman, and Jeff Daniels as former Apple President John Scully.
The film is directed by Danny Boyle and will highlight the early years of the Apple company and the hiccups its faced with its initial come up.
'Steve Jobs' was written by Aaron Sorkin and is based off the biography written by Walter Isaacson. It will largely depict three defining moments in Jobs' legacy, being when he co-founded the company, lost it, and returned. It will also feature a huge unveiling of the Mac in 1984, the NeXT in 1997, and iPod in 2001.
Here's the film's synopsis:
"Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
"Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Academy Award®-winning actress Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh. Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, is played by Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels stars as former Apple CEO John Sculley. The film also stars Katherine Waterston as Chrisann Brennan, Jobs' ex-girlfriend, and Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original members of the Apple Macintosh development team."
'Steve Jobs' plans to premiere in theaters on October 9.