Steve Jobs To Close The BFI London Film Festival

The film is set backstage at three iconic product launches, culminating in the launch of the iMac in 1998.

The film is set to hit U.S. theaters on Friday, October 9, 2015.

Universal’s Oscar-tipped Steve Jobs biopic may have had to persevere through numerous development setbacks – David Fincher and Christian Bale both exited the project early on – but finally Danny Boyle’s rendition of the titular visionary is taking shape ahead of its debut this October.

As we head into the festival circuit, Steve Jobs has already staked out some prime real estate as the centerpiece of the New York Film Festival and as the closer to the London Film Festival, so keep an eye on it as a potential major player come award season.

The director spoke as it was announced that the European premiere of the movie will form the glittering finale of the UK’s largest film festival.

The full line-up for the event will be announced on September 1.

Boyle added: “If London was the cradle of the Industrial Revolution then San Francisco is the Bethlehem of the digital one”.

The head of the LFF, Clare Stewart, said Boyle had created an exhilarating and audacious film about a complex, charismatic pioneer.

“I hope Londoners will enjoy a behind-the-scenes look into the making of the modern world”. Jeff Daniels plays former Apple chief executive John Sculley, while Katherine Waterston and Michael Stuhlbarg also appear.

Steve Jobs opens in Irish cinemas on November 13. STEVE JOBS’ director of photography is Alwin Küchler, BSC, and its executive producers are Bernard Bellew, Bryan Zuriff, Eli Bush. Aaron Sorkin won the best adapted screenplay Oscar for his script centering on another controversial tech figure, Mark Zuckerberg, with “The Social Network“.