Film Steve Jobs Produksi Universal Pictures Ditentang Istri Mendiang

Jika sebelumnya co-founder Apple Steve Wozniak sangat memuji film Steve Jobs yang produksinya diambil alih Universal Pictures, tidak begitu halnya dengan istri mendiang Steve Jobs Lauren Powell Jobs yang sangat tidak setuju dengan kehadirannya.

Seperti dilaporkan Wall Street Journal (via 9to5Mac), Lauren Powell Jobs telah berulang kali melakukan pemblokiran film Steve Jobs dengan melakukan lobi-lobi terhadap Sony Pictures Entertainment dan Universal Pictures.

Ms. Jobs repeatedly tried to kill the film, according to people familiar with the conversations. She lobbied, among others, Sony Pictures Entertainment, which developed the script but passed on the movie for financial reasons, and Universal Pictures, which is releasing the $33.5 million production on Friday …

“She refused to discuss anything in Aaron’s script that bothered her despite my repeated entreaties,” producer Scott Rudin said in an emailed response to questions from the WSJ. He said Ms. Jobs “continued to say how much she disliked the book, and that any movie based on the book could not possibly be accurate.”

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Universal Pictures tampaknya tidak terlalu terpengaruh oleh upaya lobi yang dilakukan Lauren Powell Jobs mengenai film Steve Jobs yang ditulis Aaron Sorkin itu. Pasalnya, mereka akan merilisnya sesuai jadwal serentak bioskop-bioskop di seluruh dunia pada tanggal 9 Oktober mendatang.

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