By the time Danny Boyle agreed to direct "Steve Jobs," the entire project seemed ill-fated. David Fincher had dropped out over disputes with Sony, and months later, the studio's hack exposed the movie's contentious development process. Meanwhile, the lead role shuffled from one potential actor to the next, with Christian Bale, Leonardo DiCaprio and Bradley Cooper attached before Michael Fassbender signed on. Sony dropped the project altogether and Universal picked it up. Now, less than a year later, in typical biopic fashion, "Steve Jobs" is facing detractors familiar with the Apple co-founder, including CEO Tim Cook, who called it "opportunistic," and Jobs' widow,...
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