Steve Jobs, the new film about the Apple co-founder written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle, will screen at the New York Film Festival on Oct. 3 as the fest’s Centerpiece selection. Michael Fassbender stars as Jobs, heading a cast that includes Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlberg and Katherine Waterson. The New York Film Festival is familiar territory for Sorkin and Scott Rudin, one of Job’s producers: They premiered their film The Social Network at NYFF in 2010. Based on Walter isaacson’s biography of Jobs, the film is scheduled to be released by Universal on Oct. 9.
