David Fincher set to direct Steve Jobs biopic

Director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin turned the backstabbing intrigue of Facebook's inception into the verbose and brilliant movie The Social Network. Now they're poised to do the same for the another major technology company of the contemporary era: Apple, and its founder Steve Jobs.

Variety reports that Fincher is in talks to direct the as-yet untitled drama, written by Sorkin as an adaptation of the official Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson. Sorkin revealed in 2012 that he envisaged an unusual structure for the film: three single-take scenes, each one following a major Apple product launch. "This entire movie is going to be three scenes and three scenes only. That all take place in real time," he told The Daily Beast.

There has already been one movie about Jobs following the Apple founder's death in 2011, simply titled Jobs, starring Ashton Kutcher. It is more of a traditional biopic, charting Jobs' turbulent history with the company he founded. It has grossed a fairly modest $35m at the global box office, and is yet to be released in the UK.

Fincher's latest film, an adaptation of the bestselling novel Gone Girl, will be released in October, and he's also signed on to executive produce and direct an episode of the US remake of Channel 4's acclaimed drama Utopia.