Rosenzweig Films has confirmed that it is going ahead with a film based on the story of Guy Goma, a job applicant who accidentally ended up being interviewed about legal troubles at computing giant Apple for BBC News 24.

Rosenzweig have picked up the life rights to Goma and plan to develop a film "hat captures the absurdity of our modern media world and the essential humanity of one man whose life is transformed by sudden, unexpected limelight."

The film will be produced by Alison Rosenzweig and her partner Michael Gaeta, Variety reports.