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This is how excited David Fincher was about the Steve Jobs movie

2014-12-11T17:00:08-05:00

With the ongoing leak of Sony emails and documents, we've been treated to a torrent of behind-the-scenes snark, posturing, and deal-making, particularly when it comes to the embattled Steve Jobs biopic. What we haven't see thus far is a copy of Aaron Sorkin's screenplay - but there's plenty of new information about the project, including what director David Fincher thought when he first read the script.

Though the filmmaker was never able to close a deal to direct the adaptation (Danny Boyle will now take on the movie over at Universal, with Prometheus star Michael Fassbender reportedly playing the title role), in a February email he was beyo …

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Steve Wozniak says ‘there were a lot of things wrong’ with ‘Jobs’ movie

2013-08-17T11:42:04-04:00

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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sat down with Bloomberg this week to discuss his thoughts on innovation, Larry Ellison, and, most extensively, Jobs - the recently released biopic about Steve Jobs, starring Ashton Kutcher. Wozniak attended a midnight premiere of the film, and apparently didn't leave with a very good impression.

"There were a lot of things wrong," he said in a televised interview Friday. According to Wozniak, the movie inaccurately glorified Jobs without acknowledging his flaws as a young entrepreneur, and without giving due credit to other people involved in the company's early days. "I didn't like seeing a lot of people I kn …

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Ashton Kutcher’s ‘Jobs’ to open nationwide on August 16th following a four-month delay

2013-06-12T09:11:15-04:00

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Early impressions of the Ashton Kutcher-led Jobs were decidedly mixed, but you'll soon get an opportunity to judge the Steve Jobs biopic for yourself. According to Deadline, Open Road Films has announced that Jobs will open nationwide on Friday, August 16th - a release date that comes about four months after the film was originally slated to open. This official announcement comes after The Wrap received info from its sources pointing to the August 16th release last night. Back in March, Open Road announced that Jobs would miss its planned April 19th release because the company wasn't able to create enough "buzz" around the film. With a new r …

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‘iSteve,’ an 80-minute Steve Jobs mockumentary starring Justin Long, now free to watch online

2013-04-16T23:33:26-04:00

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If you want to watch a film about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, you'll have plenty of options before long: You could track down the aging Pirates of Silicon Valley, or wait for the Aaron Sorkin film based on Walter Issacson's authorized biography. You could hope that Ashton Kutcher's jOBS gets a release date. Or, you could watch Funny or Die's iSteve, an 80-minute parody starring Justin Long, who once portrayed the Mac in Apple's famous Mac vs. PC commercials. Jorge Garcia (Lost, Once Upon A Time) plays his partner Steve Wozniak. It's free to stream right now at our source link below.

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‘Jobs’ biopic delayed from planned April release, no new date set

2013-03-15T19:28:41-04:00

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The release of the Steve Jobs biopic Jobs has been delayed, and there's no word yet on when the film will hit theaters. The movie's distributor Open Road felt that it was unable to create enough "buzz" for the film before its release, Deadline reports. While it's not uncommon for a film to have its release date shifted to avoid major competition, the distributing company usually sets a new release date at that time. Jobs debuted to mixed reviews at Sundance this past January and was set for a wide release on April 19th, around the time of Apple's 37th anniversary. There's no word on when marketing for the film will continue, but our bet is th …

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Steve Wozniak turned down offer to work on ‘Jobs’ after reading early script: ‘I felt it was crap’

2013-01-26T22:54:12-05:00

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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak hasn't been mincing words with the new JOBS biopic, which debuted at Sundance Film Festival last night. We reached out to Woz with descriptions of key scenes we saw and some quotes from his character (played by Josh Gad) to see if he had other thoughts. We've heard from others that Woz did not have any contribution to the Kutcher-helmed film, but that isn't the entire story.

"I read a script as far as I could stomach it and felt it was crap."

It turns out he received an early draft of the JOBS script, but after reading it, he opted to not contribute. Instead, Woz was hired to help with the "other" Steve Jobs mo …

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‘Jobs’ review: Ashton Kutcher surprises with a feverish take on Apple’s co-founder

2013-01-26T13:55:47-05:00

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This movie was reviewed at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

Cupertino, 1980. Steve Jobs is giving an impassioned motivational speech to a small team working on Apple's Lisa. "It's social status. It's social currency," he says. His voice is deliberate, paced to emphasize the most emotionally-driven words. On the whiteboard behind him it reads "File | Edit | Page Layout | Format." He asks the team how many typefaces are in Lisa, who in turn respond that it was deemed a less pressing issue. This isn't the answer Jobs expected.

"Everything… is a pressing issue," he says, his once-inspirational demeanor quickly escalating into a quiet rage. One …

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Clip of ‘jOBS’ gives first glimpse of Ashton Kutcher taking on the role of Steve Jobs

2013-01-24T12:24:52-05:00

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We know Ashton Kutcher looks the part of a young Steve Jobs, but how well can the actor portray the late Apple co-founder on the big screen? The first clip we've seen from jOBS (courtesy of Entertainment Weekly) provides some indication of what moviegoers can expect when the film opens nationwide April 19th.

In a minute-long segment set in Hewlett Packard's parking garage, we find Jobs in the midst of an intense conversation with Steve Wozniak (actor Josh Gad) as he attempts to convince Woz that his "profound" operating system invention could revolutionize computing. "You can see what you're working on while you're working on it," he says, …

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New photos from ‘jOBS’ set show Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak

2013-01-17T10:01:45-05:00

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We've seen plenty of images of Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs in the forthcoming jOBS biopic, but we haven't yet seen him alongside Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, until now. USA Today just published a few photos showing Kutcher alongside Josh Gad, who will be playing the role of the more technically-minded half of the pair. We've matched USA Today's photo (on the right) with one that appears to be from a similar time period above. While we've found Kutcher's resemblance to Jobs to be quite uncanny, Gad doesn't quite hit the mark as well, though there's definitely some resemblance. Hopefully Gad's acting chops will be sufficient to complete th …

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Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher will hit theaters this April

2013-01-03T17:12:21-05:00

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jOBS, the forthcoming Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher, will arrive in theaters this April. The film, which is said to cover Steve Jobs' life from 1971 to 2000, will first debut on the closing night of the Sundance Film Festival later this month before seeing a wider release this spring - just about one year after we first heard tell of the film. There isn't much more in the way of details about the Joshua Michael Stern-directed movie, but the press release did indicate that the film's team had "unprecedented access" during shooting to the garage that Jobs and Steve Wozniak worked in while first getting Apple Computer off the ground …

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