“The King of Twitter is now the King of Apple, as ‘Two and a Half Men’ star Ashton Kutcher is attached to play Steve Jobs in the indie pic ‘Jobs,’ which Joshua Michael Stern (‘Swing Vote”‘ will direct from a script by Matt Whiteley,” Jeff Sneider reports for Variety.
“The film will chronicle Steve Jobs from wayward hippie to co-founder of Apple, where he became one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of our time,” Sneider reports. “Five Star Institute’s Mark Hulme is financing and will produce the pic, which is skedded to start production in May while Kutcher is on hiatus from his hit CBS series.”
Sneider reports, “Sony Pictures is currently developing its own Steve Jobs pic, based on the bestselling book by Walter Isaacson.”
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Burn!!
Steve could be a real asshole at times; so is Ashton. Might work.
How about Tom Cruise of or Mark Harmin?
How low can you go? Steve Jobs deserved better. Noah Wylie has class as do many others…Ashton ‘s portrayal would be an insult .
Worst news ever
Ashton Kutcher? Seriously? Might as well cast Dakota Fanning.
Kutcher may be able to pull off young, cocky Jobs. But for the big biopic my choice is Joseph Gordin-Levitt (sp?). He can act, and he’s thin enough to play 21st century Jobs with makeup.
I vote Morgan Freeman. He’s in everything else, why not this, and he can act, whereas I haven’t seen any evidence that Kutcher can act.
There you go again (Hollywood). Making big bucks off of someone else while distorting an inspirational legacy for drama profit. They will never learn …