Mikey Campbell
Open Road Films and Five Star Feature films on Thursday announced that distribution agreements are in place for the Steve Jobs biopic "jOBS," which will arrive in theaters sometime in April.
The film stars Ashton Kutcher as Apple cofounder Jobs is said to chronicle the defining 30 years of the tech guru's life, from the creation of Apple, his ousting in 1985, the founding of NeXT Computer, the purchase of Pixar and his subsequent return to Apple in 1996.
Not to be confused with the big-budget Sony film written by "The Social Network" scribe Aaron Sorkin, jOBS will premiere as the closing night film at this year's Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 27.
A number of actors have been attached to jOBS, including Matthew Modine as Apple CEO John Scully, Broadway star Josh Gad as cofounder Steve Wozniak, Ahna O'Reilly from "The Help" playing Chris-Ann Brennan, ex-girlfriend and mother to Jobs' daughter Lisa and J.K. Simmons as Venture capitalist Arthur Rock.
Kutcher and company were first spotted filming in June 2012 at Jobs' old Los Altos home, where the first Apple computer was built.
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I found one of the opening logos for the movie. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9f-5QLXa7_Y/ShXFBInXRSI/AAAAAAAADaw/yu8l8LH1Rc4/s400/Blog Art - Cinema Center logo.jpg
I'm as big an Apple and Jobs fan as anyone but I have no interest in seeing this for some reason.
In the real Steve Jobs photo, he clearly did not have a storage hutch in his cubicle. So much for accuracy. :p
What a putrid title. It's not even correct. It's not iMAC... It's not iPOD... It's not iPHONE... it's not iPAD... ... so the movie shouldn't be called jOBS. It should really be jObs. Or actually, it should really be something else entirely because jOBS is just about the worst title imaginable, and it pains me to think that somewhere out there someone got paid money to think of that title and then other people thought it was a good idea to call a movie by that title.
[quote name="lkrupp" url="/t/155298/jobs-biopic-to-hit-theaters-in-april#post_2253862"]I'm as big an Apple and Jobs fan as anyone but I have no interest in seeing this for some reason. [/quote] I can't take Kelso seriously either.