A dream team of actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Danny Boyle are in line to take over the high-profile biopic of pioneering tech entrepreneur Steve Jobs after The Social Network's David Fincher relinquished the reins.
The Hollywood Reporter suggests that producers have begun courting Trance director Boyle for the film, scripted by Aaron Sorkin, with the prospect of allowing him to sign DiCaprio as the lead. Fincher, who reportedly left the project in a dispute over salary demands and creative control, had made Christian Bale his "first choice" for the role, but that would no longer appear to be on the cards.
Boyle previously worked with DiCaprio on The Beach, and therefore would be in a good position to secure the actor. However, days ago DiCaprio committed to Alejandro González Iñárritu's revenge thriller The Revenant as his next film, meaning that a quick start date for a Jobs film could be unlikely if he did take the role.
