Steve Jobs movie starring Ashton Kutcher to hit theaters in April

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I wonder who will play Woz... or will it go that far back. Going to be tough to beat Pirates of Silicon Valley...

It says in the article that it's Josh Gad http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1265802/

Pic in costume: http://laist.com/2012/06/12/new_photos_ashton_kutcher_as_ste...

Vs. reality from 1975: http://coe.berkeley.edu/forefront/fall2005/images/woz2.jpg

Seems to be pretty close on the facial hair, but the actor is quite a bit more overweight than Woz.

That link also has pics of the guys playing John Sculley and Bill Gates, in costume.

This is going to be terrible... Ashton was cast just because he kind of looks like a younger Jobs, not because he can act.

He can act. He's also pretty tech savvy. Don't be so critical without seeing ANYTHING relating to the movie besides a few articles - there's not even a trailer out yet.

I'm critical of Ashton, not the movie. He is a terrible actor. Terrible acting ruins movies. His tech savvy has no bearing on the movie. He isn't running apple, he is just playing Steve Jobs.

I wonder if it'll be an honest account of Jobs' life or just the popular bits. There is a big difference between the man and the legend.

I would guess it will be 1971-1985. Meeting woz, founding Apple, creating the Mac, hiring Sculley, getting kicked out. Then a epilogue card at the end that gives the rest of the story. That early part has a lot more interesting details out there, compared to the later years which are still pretty secretive and we really only know about the public parts.

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