Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has confirmed in a new interview that Christian Bale will be taking on the role of Steve Jobs in the upcoming biopic.

The film will be based off of Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs which was published in October 2011 – shortly following the former Apple CEO’s death. The book, as noted by its synopsis, is based on over 40 interviews conducted by Isaacson over two years.

The yet-to-be-titled Steve Jobs movie will be directed by Danny Boyle.

Speaking to Bloomberg about the news, Sorkin described how they came to pick Bale. “What we needed was the best actor. It’s like the NFL Draft. There are some people who make a science out of exactly [inaudible], we need to draft a middle inside line backer. Other teams say, ‘Who’s the best athlete on the board.’ We needed the best actor on the board in a certain age range and that’s Chris Bale.”

Sorkin says that Bale didn’t have to audition for the role, but he did have to take a meeting. “He really is a phenomenal actor. It was a meeting. He has more words to say in this movie than most people have in three movies combined. There isn’t a scene or a frame that he’s not in. And there’s a tremendous amount of language. So it’s an extremely difficult part and he is gonna crush it.”

In an interview conducted in 2012, Sorkin said that the film will take place over three big scenes. “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 will be no time cuts and each will take place before a product launch. Backstage before a product launch. The first one being the Mac, the second one being NeXT, after he had left Apple. And the third one being the iPod.”

The film will begin in shooting in the next few months, according to Sorkin.

The screenwriter is about to launch the third and final season of The Newsroom on HBO. Sadly, the final season is only six episodes long.