The script of the movie Steve Jobs was written by one of the most famous screenwriters on the planet, Aaron Sorkin, it was conceived in 3 acts of 30 minutes each that present the most important products launched by Steve Jobs until 2011.
In a recent interview, Aaron Sorkin spoke about the process of writing the script for the movie Steve Jobs, stating that he knew very little about the former Apple CEO before being hired by Universal, spending several months documenting himself. to write it.
After two months of thinking and analyzing various situations, Aaron Sorkin proposed to the producers the idea of writing the script in the form of three scenes that show everything that happens behind the scenes of three Apple conferences, the idea being approved in 3 minutes by to the producers.
I didn't know that much about Steve Jobs, and the idea of doing a biopic was daunting. I work very slowly, and the first couple of months are spent just pacing around, climbing the walls [...]
[Finally,] I got this idea, and I wrote an email to Scott saying, "If I had no one to answer to, I would write this entire movie in three real-time scenes, and each one would take place backstage before a particular product launch" […]
Really, I was emailing Scott to get help: Take this thing that I really want to do and tell me what I'm allowed to do, because no studio is going to let me do this. Two or three minutes later, I got an email from Amy Pascal—Scott had forwarded my email to her—and she said, "I think this is a great idea." I couldn't believe it. They were going to let me do this thing.
Sorkin claims that he was surprised by the speed with which his idea was accepted considering that in the case of many biographical films the world expects to see a presentation of the main character's life, but in the Steve Jobs film things will happen differently.
You can find more details in the interview available here.
