WATCH: 'Steve Jobs' biopic trailer

MANILA, Philippines - Universal Pictures’ recently released the trailer of the biopic “Steve Jobs.”

The film, directed by Danny Boyle and stars Michael Fassbender, is set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac. “Steve Jobs” takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

“Steve Jobs” is written by Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin, Boyle and winner Christian Colson.

Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with actress Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh. Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, is played by Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels stars as former Apple CEO John Sculley.

The film also stars Katherine Waterston as Chrisann Brennan, Jobs’ ex-girlfriend, and Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original members of the Apple Macintosh development team.

Opening across the Philippines on Jan. 13, 2016, “Steve Jobs” is distributed by United International Pictures through Columbia Pictures.