The Steve Jobs film Aaron Sorkin is doing still doesn't have a director or star attached, but it does have a structure that's unique for more than just not being built upon a foundation of Kutcher.
The one that is not employing any actors from Two and a Half Men to put on a mock turtleneck.
Back in 1995, long before we knew Steve Jobs' premature death would lead to Ashton Kutcher's best shot at an Oscar, Robert X. Cringely sat down with the Apple co-founder for an hour-long interview for the PBS documentary Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires. The tape was thought lost for years, but Cringely recently came across a VHS copy that was cleaned up and released in very limited capacity at Landmark cinemas last year. Because you probably missed that, Magnolia has now bought the rights to the video and has plans to re-release it, unedited (yesss, we'll know if Jobs goes off to the bathroom or anything) next Friday, with on-demand and DVD release to follow later in the summer. It's one final chance to see the entrepreneurial genius talk for a long time before disappointingly not revealing whether or not you should wait on buying a new iPhone. Trailer below.
Because thoughts of one legendary modern innovator inevitably turn to thoughts of the revered architect behind Punk'd, Ashton Kutcher has been signed to star as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in a new biopic called Jobs.
The death of Steve Jobs has brought his level of cult-like admiration to levels previously only seen when he'd reveal a new telephone robot, and Sony Pictures isn't about to let that popularity wither away before they can make some money off it. Apparently over the bitterness of their Discman being rendered obsolete by Jobs' miniature music box, Sony has bought the iMovie rights to Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs, the upcoming authorized biography on the turtleneck-loving Apple co-founder. No writer, director, or lead has yet been revealed, but considering Noah Wyle already played Jobs in Pirates Of Silicon Valley, no, Noah Wyle will totally not be playing Jobs again. Noah Wyle is now a fully-holographic actor that exists only within the offices of TNT. I'm sorry, Noah, but it's time you knew.
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