Sorkin's Steve Jobs biopic to play out in three acts

Aaron Sorkin speaking on CBS' "Early Coffee" program in 2010.

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That other Steve Jobs movie, currently being written by "West Wing" and "Newsroom" creator Aaron Sorkin, will apparently be told in three acts, the screenwriter said today.

In an onstage interview at the Hero Summit (relayed by tweets from the The Daily Beast), Sorkin detailed a bit of how the story would play out, saying it would take place across three, half hour scenes and behind the curtains at Apple's product launches.

Jobs was a well-known showman at such events, adding an air of excitement and build-up to what was ultimately the announcement of an electronic good, a tradition the company maintains today. Books have been written about Jobs' presentation style, and the company's Keynote software came out of Jobs' desire for an alternative to Microsoft's PowerPoint.

Up until now, Sorkin has been tight-lipped about the details of the film, primarily because it was still being written. In ... [Read more]