Christian Bale to Play Steve Jobs? David Fincher Has His Heart Set on It

If at first Ashton Kutcher doesn’t succeed at playing Steve Jobs, try again — with an Oscar winner.

Christian Bale is director David Fincher's choice to play the Apple cofounder in the Sony biopic, TheWrap reported Thursday, citing an unnamed individual familiar with the still-gestating project.

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We should caution that Bale is a long way from taking the role. Just because Fincher wants him doesn’t mean the erstwhile Bruce Wayne is going to do it, as a lot of pieces must fall into placeTheWrap also reported that when Fincher met with honchos at Sony (for which he also directed The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), he made it clear that he’ll only direct the biopic with Bale on board. Read more...