In an effort to be as accurate and authentic as possible, the early scenes of the film will be shot in Jobs' old Los Altos home and garage where he and Steve Wozniak put together the first Apple computer.
A Friday release from the movie's production company Five Star Feature Films said that production began immediately upon Jobs' retirement in 2011 and involved extensive research that included interviews with friends, co-workers and mentors.
Producers hope to create an accurate and rousing depiction of what they call the "30 most defining years" of Jobs' life in a film that is "dark, honest, and uncompromising."
Thus far, only the film's star Ashton Kutcher has been officially announced as being attached to the project, though it has been rumored that broadway actor Josh Gad from the "Book of Mormon" was approached to take the role of Wozniak.
Executive producer Mark Hulme said in April that he hopes to get the film completed in time for a fourth quarter 2012 release.
Director Joshua Michael Stern (Swing Vote) and Oscar-winning cinematographer Russell Carpenter (Titanic) will bring tasked with bringing the defining moments of Jobs' life to the small screen. The project is said to focus on the innovator's tumultuous years between 1971 and 2000.
"jOBS" is set to start principal filming in June. | Source: TheJobsMovie.com
In an unrelated project, Sony is planning to make a major motion picture with its purchase of the movie rights to Walter Isaacson's best-selling authorized biography. The book will be adapted for the screen by acclaimed screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, who won an Academy Award for his work on The Social Network. It was reported on Thursday that Wozniak had been brought on as a "tutor", though it is unclear what duties that role entails. Sony has yet to announce a tentative release date.
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Producers hope to create an accurate and rousing depiction...of Jobs' life in a film that is "dark, honest, and uncompromising."
Hmmm...doesn't sound like Kutcher...
Idiotic formatting.
Idiotic title.
And "jOBS" isn't even in Myriad.
Where's the :no: emoticon when you need it…
Im a holly wood producer. I have lots of money and will do what I want. Forget what the people think. They just buy tickets to PAY FOR THE EFFIN MOVIE!
So the movie with Kutcher is a made for tv movie now? That wasn't reported before. I thought that it was going to be an indie film.
I'll obviously be seeing both movies about Jobs, and I hope that at least one of them is decent, though I have some doubts about both of them, especially the one from Sony which is shaping up to be a Social Network clone, which sounds incredibly boring. They should update the Social Network movie to include today's failed IPO from Failbook. A lot of suckers got sucked into that one. :) Get ready for next week, and especially a week from now, because that's when shorting will be allowed.
Im a holly wood producer. I have lots of money and will do what I want. Forget what the people think. They just buy tickets to PAY FOR THE EFFIN MOVIE!
"I don't care that these events took place years apart; they're in the same conversation now!"
"Fistfights with people doing the coding for the original Macintosh!"
"More drama! Have Jobs rape his girlfriend and THEN claim the child isn't his!"