First Clip from Ashton Kutcher’s Steve Jobs Movie Plants Some Apple Seeds

When Steve Jobs passed away, two movie projects were announced not long after his untimely death. One of the films is a big-budget production from Sony with Aaron Sorkin writing the screenplay. The other is a low-budget independent production with Ashton Kutcher playing the visionary founder of Apple, simply entitled jOBS.

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I thought Kutcher was a bad choice the first time I heard about the film, but after seeing him in character, I’ve changed my mind. Kutcher and a young Steve Jobs are eerily similar in looks. We learned not too long ago that the movie would be debuting on the closing night of the Sundance Film Festival this week. We also learned that the official launch date for the movie would coincide with the 37th anniversary of Apple this April 19.

The movie is set in the 1970s, and some scenes were filmed in the actual garage where Apple Computer was founded. The first clip from the movie has now hit the Internet, featuring Kutcher as Jobs in a conversation with uber-geek Steve Wozniak (played by Josh Gad) about the Woz’s new project “Operating System.”

Check out the clip below to help you decide if you want to pay good money to see the film when it hits theaters this spring.

[via eOnline]

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First Clip Of jOBS Biopic Released Starring Ashton Kutcher As Steve Jobs

 First Clip Of jOBS Biopic Released Starring Ashton Kutcher As Steve Jobs

When Ashton Kutcher was announced to be the lead actor in Steve Jobs’ biopic “jOBS,” we were a little hesitant about his ability to capture Steve Jobs’ essence for the film. When you consider the majority of his acting career was spent as a dimwitted teenager on That 70s Show, you could probably understand why we weren’t entirely sure of Kutcher’s ability to perform as Steve Jobs.

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First clip from JOBS shows Kutcher, Gad in action [UPDATE]

The anticipation is building to extreme levels for the upcoming biopic, JOBS, about co-founder and former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and sidekick Steve Wozniak. The two characters are played by Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad, respectively, and for the first time, we get to see the two of them in action, thanks to the very first clip from the movie that was released today.

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Entertainment Tonight released the clip today, and it’s a one-minute segment from the movie that shows Jobs and Wozniak in a heated debate. In the clip, Jobs is talking about the operating system that Wozniak created, and while Jobs is certain that the operating system will be a big hit among the general public, Wozniak isn’t so sure and needs convincing.

What’s perhaps the most profound segment of the one-minute clip is the last few moments when Wozniak tells Jobs that “nobody wants to buy a computer,” but Jobs retorts back, “How does somebody know what they want if they’ve never even seen it?” It’s some pretty powerful stuff, and we can’t wait to see some other clips from the movie that will hopefully be released sometime before the movie’s official launch.

UPDATE: Steve Wozniak himself responded to the one-minute clip from JOBS and said that the interaction in the clip was “totally wrong,” according to a response posted on Gizmodo. While the clip portrays Woz as not being confident in the new operating system, it was actually quite the contrary, and Woz even said he was “embarrassed” by the clip, “but if the movie is fun and entertaining, all the better.” He suggests that anyone wanting a clearer picture can read his autobiography, iWoz.

In related news, it looks like the production team behind the movie has made some slight changes to the title of the film. The creators have changed the title from “jOBS” to “JOBS,” changing the lowercase “j” to uppercase, making the whole title all caps. The movie’s official website, Twitter account, and Facebook page have all reflected the change. JOBS will be premiering this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival, and will see a theatrical release on April 19.

[via MacRumors]


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JOBS film with Ashton Kutcher hits theaters on Apple’s 37th anniversary

We’ve been following the goings on with the Steve Jobs biopic starring actor Ashton Kutcher for a long time. Fans of Apple have been wondering when the movie would finally come to theaters. In fact, early on there were some rumblings that the film might actually go directly to TV rather than movie theaters.

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The official release date for the film has finally been announced. The film will make its worldwide premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this week and will hit theaters in April. The official launch date for the film in theaters was timed to coincide with the 37th anniversary of the founding of Apple Computer.

That means the official launch date is April 19. The first viewing of the film at Sundance will be January 25, the closing night of the film festival. The movie is directed by Joshua Michael Stern and was written by Matthew Whitley.

The film follows Jobs’ life from when he dropped out of college to becoming one of the most influential people in technology. Part of this movie was shot in the actual garage where Apple Computer first started. The film stars Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, J.K. Simmons, and Matthew Modine. Another big-budget Steve Job’s biofilm is in the works from Sony.

[via Hollywood Reporter]


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Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad making an appearance at Macworld/iWorld 2013

Last week we had a look at a couple of new photos from the jOBS movie set, which showed off actors Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad resembling Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak back in Apple’s early days. Today, the folks behind the Macworld/iWorld expo have announced that the two stars will be making an appearance and will be attending a talk during the conference.

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During the talk, Kutcher and Gad will be discussing their experiences portraying the two Apple geniuses back when they started the company in 1976. Musician Will.i.am is also planning to attend the conference this year, and will be speaking alongside Intel futurist Brian David Johnson about future technology and gadgets. Fred Armisen, star of Portlandia and Saturday Night Live, will also be present at MacWorld/iWorld 2013.

jOBS will officially be premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, just a few days before the start of Macworld/iWorld. The movie will then see a public debut sometime in April. Ashton Kutcher is a household name, so the film should definitely get a lot of attention, and while Josh Gad isn’t as popular, he has starred in the 2008 film The Rocker with Rainn Wilson. He also made single-episode appearances in New Girl and Modern Family, as well as currently starring in a new NBC comedy called 1600 Penn, where he’s also the co-creator and executive producer.

Macworld/iWorld features upcoming products, apps, and various tech talks, and unlike most other annual tech events, Macworld/iWorld is open to the public. Tickets can be purchased starting at $25 for access to the Expo hall, and the convention is live from January 31 through February 2 at Moscone Center West in San Francisco, CA.

[via Macworld]


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Steve Jobs biopic photos reveal Woz in action

We’ve already seen Ashton Kutcher’s extremely close resemblance of Steve Jobs in the upcoming biopic jOBS, which is set to debut on January 27 at the Sundance Film Festival. However, we haven’t seen any photos of actor Josh Gad all dressed up as Steve Wozniak, until now. A couple of new photos from the movie set reveal Gad’s similarities to classic Woz.

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While Gad naturally doesn’t look anything like Steve Wozniak, let him grow out his hair, slap a beard on him, as well as some glasses, and you have a close resemblance of Steve Jobs’ sidekick. Both Kutcher and Gad portray the two Apple geniuses during the company’s budding days in the 1970s and 1980s.

Obviously, many people know who Ashton Kutcher is, but Josh Gad is a less well-known name in the entertainment industry. However, you’ve most likely saw him in at least one movie or TV show in the past. He starred in the 2008 film The Rocker with Rainn Wilson, and also made single-episode appearances in New Girl and Modern Family. His newest role besides jOBS is starring in a new NBC comedy called 1600 Penn, where he’s also the co-creator and executive producer.

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Other well-known names that will be starring in the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic include Dermot Melroney as Mike Markkula, J.K. Simmons as Arthur Rock, and James Woods as Jack Dudman. Out of the rest of the bunch, J.K. Simmons is probably the best known. He starred in numerous films and is well known for his loud and outspoken acting style in Spider-Man as the newspaper editor. jOBS will make its nationwide debut in April of this year.

[via USA Today]


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Russians build iPhone monument to honor Steve Jobs

There are just some personalities out there who are larger than life, and love him or hate him, the late Steve Jobs is definitely one of them, and he is a colossus among innovative minds in the US for the past two decades. In fact, news of his death was met by an outpouring of grief worldwide, and international tributes came flowing in, and the ripples of his death has yet to reach the end as there is a new monument built in Russia in honor of one of Apple’s founder.

The interactive monument would be easily identifiable even to someone living in the interiors of Africa – as it comes in the form of an iPhone, albeit it is a very, very large replica. Not only that, it boasts of a fully functional display, although it does not a full fledged version of iOS running on it, it will display a slideshow that detailed select highlights of Jobs’s life, in addition to giving us a brief history of Apple as a company. This monument can be found at the St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, and sports a QR code on its back that will direct you to a website dedicated to the memory of Steve Jobs when scanned.

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