Natalie Portman in Talks to Join Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs Biopic

Aaron Sorkin's ambitious Steve Jobs biopic turned out to be a rather difficult endeavour. Initially developed for Sony Pictures, the film was offered to David Fincher ("Gone Girl") to direct, but he dropped out and was replaced by Danny Boyle ("127 Hours"), and had huge stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale circling the lead role before eventually leaving. Then Sony surprisingly gave up on the whole project which was subsequently picked up by Universal.

With a new studio in charge, the film still doesn't officially have a lead actor (although Michael Fassbender is courted for the role), but it seems to have found its leading lady. Natalie Portman is in negotiations to join Boyle's film as Jobs' daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs, who has been described as the "the heroine of the movie".

The film is adapted from Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography "Steve Jobs" and it is produced by Scott Rudin, Christian Colson, Mark Gordon and Guymon Casady.

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Natalie Portman in Talks to Join Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs Biopic