Rumor is George Clooney is in the running to play “Steve Jobs” in the upcoming Steve Jobs Movie. The movie is set to start filming sometime next year. It has been confirmed that Sony Pictures had signed a ‘hefty’ deal for the feature rights to Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, Sony is also said to be working hard to get the talent of writer Aaron Sorkin the writer of techie hit “The Social Network”.
The Sun reports that the 50 year-old actor will be up against his former ER co-star Noah Wyle for the role, which will chart the life of the Apple co-founder and revered leader. However, Clooney faces a challenge to edge out his former work colleague following Wyle’s previous portrayal of Steve Jobs in the 1999 TNT TV series ‘Pirates of Silicon Valley’.
