史蒂夫•乔布斯去世后仅仅数天就传来索尼（Sony）购得了乔布斯授权自传电影改编权的消息。这本书将于10月24日出版。消息传出的时机也许有点没意思，不过，事关这部电影，真正有趣的事情才刚刚开始。

    该由谁来扮演乔布斯，以及乔布斯生命中的其他人物：离经叛道的硅谷工程师、苹果联合创始人史蒂夫•沃兹尼亚克；约翰•斯卡利，这位乔布斯在20世纪80年代从百事公司（Pepsi）挖来经营苹果，之后却炒掉了乔布斯的人；乔布斯在微软（Microsoft）的对手比尔•盖茨；乔布斯的密友、甲骨文（Oracle）CEO拉里•埃里森；当然，还有乔布斯的妻子劳伦？

    扮演乔布斯的可能人选之一向《财富》杂志（Fortune）表达了自己的渴望之情。他就是NBC电视台医学题材电视剧《急诊室》（E.R.）昔日的明星诺亚•怀尔。怀尔曾于1999年在TNT电视台地下电影经典之作《硅谷传奇》（Pirates of Silicon Valley）中扮演过乔布斯。乔布斯容忍了这部作品，据怀尔称，乔布斯实际上还挺喜欢怀尔的表演。现在，怀尔的机会再次降临。我们联系了在TNT电视剧《陨落星辰》（Falling Skies）温哥华拍摄现场的怀尔。怀尔在电子邮件中回复称：“你开玩笑吧？我愿意交出自己最宝贵的东西，立刻，马上。有些角色让人欲罢不能。对我来说，乔布斯就是这样一个角色。”

    《财富》读者投票提供了其他扮演乔布斯的人选：杰瑞米•艾恩斯、克里斯蒂安•贝尔、约翰尼•德普、艾什顿•库奇、乔治•克鲁尼和卡西•阿弗莱克。美国有线电视新闻网玩站（CNN.com）的一项投票提供了其他人选：斯坦利•图齐、凯文•史派西、基努•里维斯、亚德里安•布洛迪、克利斯丁・格拉夫、尼尔•帕特里克•哈里斯、汉克•阿扎里亚、科林•汉克斯、布赖恩•克兰斯顿、泰•布利尔、安迪•萨姆伯格、佩恩•贝格利、詹姆斯•麦卡沃伊、卢克•威尔逊和查克•诺里斯。怀尔在这两项投票中频频上榜。有一名读者建议由摩根•弗里曼来扮演乔布斯，估计这是个玩笑。

    其他角色人选：史蒂夫•沃兹尼亚克——杰克•布莱克、保罗•吉亚玛提、凯文•麦克奈利、文森特•诺费奥和丹尼•特乔。

    劳伦•鲍威尔——安妮特•贝宁、瑞茜•威瑟斯彭、朱莉•波文和娜奥米•沃茨。

    比尔•盖茨——肯尼斯•布拉纳、莱昂纳多•迪卡普里奥、杰克•达文波特、爱德华•诺顿和贾斯汀•朗。

    拉里•埃里森——小罗伯特•唐尼、本•阿弗莱克、杰弗里•拉什、休•劳瑞和约翰•萨维奇。

    约翰•斯卡利——唐纳德•萨瑟兰、希安•拉博夫、乔纳森•普莱斯和乔•拜登（从副总统的位子上更上一层楼）。

    乔布斯的自传《史蒂夫•乔布斯》（Steve Jobs）由沃尔特•艾萨克森撰写。艾萨克森此前担任《时代》周刊（Time）总编辑，现任阿斯彭研究所（the Aspen Institute）CEO。艾萨克森此前撰写过阿尔伯特•爱因斯坦和本杰明•富兰克林的传记。索尼影业拍摄过《社交网络》（The Social Network），这部影片讲述了Facebook崛起及其联合创始人马克•扎克伯格的故事。

    译者：管策

    Within days of Steve Jobs's death came news that Sony had bought the rights to the authorized biography of Steve Jobs that will be published Oct. 24. The timing may have seemed a bit tasteless, but now the real fun about the movie begins.

    Who should take on playing Jobs, as well as the other cast of characters in his life: Steve Wozniak, the Silicon Valley engineer-rebel and his Apple (AAPL) co-founder; John Sculley, who Jobs brought on to run the company from Pepsi (PEP) in the 1980s and then fired Jobs; Bill Gates, his Microsoft (MSFT) antagonist; Larry Ellison, a close friend and CEO of Oracle (ORCL); and, of course, Jobs' wife Laurene?

    One possibility to play Jobs told Fortune he's eager. Noah Wyle, the erstwhile star of the medical drama "E.R." on NBC, already played Jobs once, in 1999 in the TNT cult classic, "Pirates of Silicon Valley." Jobs tolerated the production and, according to Wyle's account, actually liked Wyle's portrayal. Wyle's game again. Reached in Vancouver on the set of the TNT series "Falling Skies," Wyle e-mailed me: "Are you kidding? I would give my eye teeth, in the heartbeat, of a New York minute. There are certain roles you wish you could tackle over and over again. That's one for me."

    A Fortune poll of readers offered other choices to be Jobs: Jeremy Irons, Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Ashton Kutcher, George Clooney and Casey Affleck. A CNN.com poll came up with other names: Stanley Tucci, Kevin Spacey, Keanu Reeves, Adrian Brody, Crispin Glover, Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria, Colin Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Ty Burrell, Andy Samberg, Penn Badgley, James McAvoy, Luke Wilson and Chuck Norris. Wyle was frequently mentioned in both surveys. One reader suggested Morgan Freeman -- we assume that was a joke.

    Other roles: Steve Wozniak -- Jack Black, Paul Giamatti, Kevin McNally, Vincent D'Onofrio and Danny Trejo.

    Laurene Powell -- Annette Bening, Reese Witherspoon, Julie Bowen and Naomi Watts.

    Bill Gates -- Kenneth Branagh, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Davenport, Ed Norton and Justin Long.

    Larry Ellison -- Robert Downey Jr., Ben Affleck, Geoffrey Rush, Hugh Laurie and John Savage.

    John Sculley -- Donald Sutherland, Shia LaBeouf, Jonathan Pryce and Joe Biden (trading up from the vice presidency).

    The Jobs biography, "Steve Jobs," was written by Walter Isaacson, a former managing editor of Time and the current CEO of the Aspen Institute. His previous books include biographies of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin Sony Pictures Entertainment (SNE) also produced "The Social Network," the fictionalized account of the rise of Facebook and its cofounder Mark Zuckerberg.