Michael Fassbender to play Steve Jobs in biopic

Washington: Michael Fassbender will be portraying the role of Steve Jobsin the biopic of Apple's co-founder under the banner of Universal, it has been revealed.

Danny Boyle will helm the movie and Aaron Sorkin has been roped in as the screenwriter on the project, Contactmusic reported.

According to reports, Christian Bale and Leonardo DiCaprio declined the offer for the lead role.

Scott Rudin, Mark Gordon and Guymon Casady will produce the movie.