First bite of the Apple – jOBS review

By Simon Miraudo August 26, 2013 To think that the casting of Ashton Kutcher as futurist Steve Jobs is one of the best choices made by director Joshua Michael Stern in jOBS. On the other end of the spectrum: the typeface of that title. Sure, Kutcher leans on a couple of the Apple co-founder’s physical […]

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Poster Debut: jOBS

The official poster for jOBS has arrived online, and it abandons the unusual typeface of the title that inspired so much ire on the internet. All capitals! There is no order! Chaos reigns! Though it was beaten to the punch by Funny or Die’s hastily – and hilariously – assembled online-only movie iSteve, jOBS will be […]

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First look at Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs in jOBS

In the battle of the competing Steve Jobs biopics, jOBS doesn’t seem to have much going for it. It stars Ashton Kutcher, isn’t written by Aaron Sorkin, and has an annoyingly punctuated title. That said, it is destined to win at least one competition in the showdown: being the first to hit screens. The first image of […]

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Aaron Sorkin discusses adapting Steve Jobs’ life for the screen

Aaron Sorkin has revealed he is making headway on his biopic of late Apple founder Steve Jobs, describing the task as like “writing about The Beatles.” Speaking at the AllThingsD Conference in California, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Social Network and creator of The West Wing described his portrayal of Jobs’ life as “a painting, not a […]

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