Ngemuva kokuhamba kwephrojekthi kaDavid Fincher, uDanny Boyle angaba umqondisi ogcina eqondisa i-biopic ye Steve Jobs.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule kumenyezelwe ukuthi ekugcineni UDavid Fincher ngeke ithathe lesi sihloko esisha mayelana nomsunguli we-Apple, ozofaka umbhalo womnqobi we-Oscar U-Aaron Sorkin, ngakho u-Sony Pictures, umdidiyeli wale filimu engakabi nasihloko, ufuna ukusayina u-Danny Boyle.
Ngaleso sikhathi uDavid Fincher emangalela uChristian Bale ngeqhaza likaSteve Jobs, into ebukeka sengathi ngeke ifezeke, njengoba iSony Pictures iphinde ibe nomlingisi ocabangayo ngendima eyisihloko sefilimu, owaqokwa kahlanu kuma-Oscar, ezine. njengomlingisi futhi oyedwa njengomdidiyeli, uLeonardo DiCaprio.
Uma ekugcineni i-Sony Pictures ibamba izinsizakalo zazo zombili Danny Boyle njengoba kwe Leonardo DiCaprioLokhu kuzoba okwesibili ukuthi basebenze ndawonye, ngoba ngo-2000 baqondana nefilimu yesine yomqondisi waseBrithani, "The Beach", engazange ithole ukubuyekezwa okuhle kakhulu.
Umbhalo u-Aaron Sorkin asesebenza kuwo kakade ngosizo lomunye umsunguli we-Apple, USteve Wozniak, izosuselwa kumlando ogunyaziwe ka-Steve Jobs osayinwe ngu Walter Isaacson.