Aaron Sorkin asked by Sony to pen Steve Jobs biopic.

Noah Wyle.

Jobs is a non-living public figure.

In the last Sorkin tech movie go-round, the main characters certainly didn't give anyone permission to distort the facts, but they did anyway.

>Is this something where Jobs' family would have to give permission?

I was under the impression that Mark Zuckerberg did not explicitly endorse the Facebook movie.

The Social Network was adapted from The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich. The screenplay followed the original book closely.

I doubt permission would have to be given - and at least in the case of the book permission was given.

I'd also love to see a good Jobs movie, and looking at Moneyball and The Social Network, it proves it can be done right if they continue the trend.

It would be a daunting task on Sorkin's part, that's for sure.