“Matthew Modine will appear in the Steve Jobs biopic jOBS alongside Ashton Kutcher,” Laura Hertzfeld reports for Entertainment Weekly.
“Modine will play former Pepsi-Cola CEO John Sculley, whom Jobs recruited to lead Apple in 1983,” Hertzfeld reports. “It was previously announced that The Book of Mormon star Josh Gad will also join the cast as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in the film, due out this fall.”
Read more in the full article here.
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Sorkin: ‘Steve Jobs’ actor ‘will have to be intelligent’ – May 30, 2012
Which actor should play Steve Jobs in Sony’s biopic? – May 24, 2012
Ashton Kutcher ‘jOBS’ movie begins filming in original Apple garage – May 18, 2012
Aaron Sorkin hires Woz as advisor, says ‘Steve Jobs’ movie won’t be straight bio – May 18, 2012
Aaron Sorkin to pen Sony’s ‘Steve Jobs’ screenplay based on Walter Isaacson bio – May 16, 2012
Ashton Kutcher believes the role of Steve Jobs was meant for him – April 22, 2012
Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs in ‘Jobs’ biopic – April 1, 2012
Aaron Sorkin ‘strongly considering’ writing screenplay for Sony’s Steve Jobs biopic – November 23, 2011
‘Steve Jobs’ bio becomes fastest-selling book since President George W. Bush’s ‘Decision Points’ – November 3, 2011
Sony Pictures acquires rights to Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs bio for major feature film – October 7, 2011
So, we’ll have two ‘Jobs’ movies coming out within less than a year of each other. I can’t think of any other person in history whose death prompted two biopics.
I’ll likely watch this one on cable, but I may be much more curious about Sorkin’s script for Sony and whatever they end up doing with it.
IMHO: Woz == Paul Giamatti
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316079/
with Kutcher and now Modine, you want Giamatti;
ah ok, then this bioPic is bound to be a comedy.
Giamatti is too articulate and intelligent an actor to play Woz. Woz has that sort of idiot savant kind of personality we see in some people who are genius but socially inept.
Matthew Modine is still acting?
He actually looks like Sculley back then. I see him as Sculley…
Now… who the hell is Josh Gad?
Ever tried this thing called the Internet, the all knowing?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1265802/
After having looked at that IMDB entry, I’ll repeat the original question:
Who the he11 is Josh Gad???
(The obvious point of the original question not being “how do I find out who this is?” but “Who in their sane mind casts a total unknown for a major supporting role in a prominent biopic???”)
Starting to sound like a 2012 version of the fscking Breakfast Club…eegads.
Matthew Modine is perfect for this role! I can’t wait to see him in The Dark Knight Rises next month. It also looks like he has a new Full Metal Jacket iPad App coming out this summer!
http://www.fullmetaljacketdiary.com