亚伦·索金（Aaron Sorkin）即将上映的史蒂夫·乔布斯（Steve Jobs）传记片的开发过程一直是个麻烦，在索尼上个月毫不客气地放弃了这部影片后，环球影业（Universal Pictures）最终接手了这部影片。现在，最近索尼泄露的电子邮件透露，索金最初希望汤姆·克鲁斯扮演主角。然而，正是与迈克尔·法斯宾德（michaelfas**ender）合作的决定导致索尼彻底放弃了这部电影。

据Ars Technica报道，索金在10月31日发了一系列电子邮件——就在克里斯蒂安·贝尔正式成为乔布斯的前几天——将克鲁斯列为理想人选，甚至说他可以上演一场“令人眼花缭乱的表演：

I just got off the phone with Danny who's concerned about the age but I think I got him thinking about it and he's going to look at some scenes from Li*** for Lambs where Tom's basically auditioning for Jobs. He's also concerned that the choice will be met with derision because it's such a commercial choice but I honestly think that ends up working for us. Tom's going to surprise some people and they'll want to reward that. I don't think we'd have to recast Woz. Seth's the right age in the first act and Tom's the right age in the third. And the movie announces itself pretty quickly as not being literal--as being a painting rather than a photograph. Look, I wouldn't cast Clint Eastwood but if I saw Tom Cruise flying around the backstage corridors of Symphony Hall I wouldn't think he was too old. I think it would be dazzling performance.

导演丹尼·博伊尔决定与迈克尔·法斯宾德合作，然而，制片厂却无法筹集到足够的资金来支持这一决定，从而使这部电影得以走向环球。据报道，索尔金说：“去他妈的。他是一个伟大的演员，他的时代已经到来了。

泄露的细节正值索尼影业（Sony Pictures）目前正在应对it服务器遭到大规模黑客攻击之际。在感恩节前一周，黑客入侵了公司电脑，更多的黑客入侵阻止了由詹姆斯·弗朗哥和塞思·罗根主演的电影公司发布这段采访。罗根目前被安排出演乔布斯的电影史蒂夫·沃兹尼亚克。