Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle on ‘Steve Jobs’ Movie Launch: “We Were Arrogant”
Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs movie made several headlines ahead of its release, so the anticipation was high. However, the movie doesn’t seem to be performing as expected, and the director knows why. Speaking at a fundraising event for Shuffle Festival held in Second Home, an East London office space, Danny Boyle explained on Friday (via...
Universal Pictures Pulls ‘Steve Jobs’ Movie from 2000+ Theatres
Making a movie about Steve Jobs may bring you a few headlines, but that's not enough to attract people to theatres: Danny Boyle's film about Apple's co-founder has had another "terrible" weekend, as earnings dropped more than 69% compared to the previous week. As a result, Universal Pictures has pulled the movie from 2,072 theatres,...
‘Steve Jobs’ Movie Scores Best Per-Theatre Debut in US Opening Weekend
Despite being available only in select theatres (four in New York and L.A.), Steve Jobs brought Danny Boyle the best opening weekend average of his career, grossing $520,942, which means a per-theatre average (PTA) of $130,236, reports Deadline. By comparison, Slumdog Millionaire (2008) grossed over $360,000 in 10 theatres over its debut weekend. The Steve...
The Verge Interviews Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle About ‘Steve Jobs’ Movie
The Verge has released a video of an interview conducted by the site’s own Nilay Patel with Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle, the creators of the new Steve Jobs movie. Sorkin and Boyle said that the movie is a retelling of a myth. The creators of the movie said that the point was to explore...
Steve Jobs’ Widow Tried Endlessly to Stop Film About Her Late Husband
Aaron Sorkin's "impressionistic" picture of Steve Jobs presents him as cruel and inhumane, believes Laurene Powell Jobs, who repeatedly tried to block the film, reports the Wall Street Journal. She wanted neither to participate in the production process, nor watch the movie, nor discuss anything in Sorkin's script that bothered her, producer Scott Rudin told...
First Reviews of Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs Biopic Hit the Web
Apparently, it will be worth waiting until October 9 when Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs biopic premieres in theatres. While the top-tier critics are keeping their opinions under wraps until the official premiere, bloggers who had the chance to see the movie screened this weekend at the 42nd Telluride Film Festival have published their reviews and...
Steve Jobs Biopic to Debut This Weekend at 42nd Telluride Film Festival
The Apple community was not expecting the next Steve Jobs biopic to premiere until October 9 – as suggested by the date revealed in the official trailer – but it turns out the anticipated movie will debut this weekend at the 42nd Telluride Film Festival, as reported by Entertainment Weekly (via MacRumors). There is no...
Kate Winslet on Her Role in the Steve Jobs Biopic
Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs movie will not premiere until October 9, but the actors are already sharing their experiences on the shooting process. Following Michael Stuhlbarg’s interview with Collider, Vulture has today shared an interview with Kate Winslet who plays Joanna Hoffman, the legendary marketing head in the movie (via Cult of Mac). As it...