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'iSteve', Funny or Die's satirical biopic of Steve Jobs, is now available online

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 17th, 2013)

After delaying the release of iSteve due to the tragic bombing at the Boston Marathon this week, the Steve Jobs parody film went live on Funny or Die's website late on Tuesday. With a run time of 78 minutes, iSteve offers what promises to be a uniquely comedic, if not inaccurate, take on the ...

Funny or Die delays launch of iSteve movie until April 17

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 16th, 2013)

Funny or Die has delayed the premiere of iSteve, a movie about the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The short film was scheduled to debut on April 15, but the tragic bombing in Boston prompted the comedy website to reschedule the film. According to Funny or Die's website, iSteve is now ...

Watch the trailer for Funny or Die's upcoming iSteve biopic

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 2nd, 2013)

Will Ferrell's comedy website, Funny or Die, is working on a biopic of Steve Jobs starring Justin Long, who played opposite John Hodgman in Apple's popular "Get a Mac" advertising campaign. Titled iSteve, the hour-long film will make its debut on April 15th on the Funny or Die website. To ...

Justin Long to play Steve Jobs in Funny or Die biopic parody

by Steven Sande (Mar 18th, 2013)

For years, actor Justin Long played the Mac to John Hodgman's PC in Apple's US TV advertising. Now Long is starring as Steve Jobs in a biopic parody due from the comedy website Funny or Die on April 15, 2013. Ryan Perez, the writer and director of the upcoming iSteve, said that "in true ...

Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs movie to portray backstage at three Apple Events in real-time

by Mike Schramm (Nov 15th, 2012)

Aaron Sorkin is in the middle of working on his version of a Steve Jobs biopic, and at a meeting called the Hero Summit, he revealed that the screenplay's current form might seem a little strange. The Daily Beast reports that instead of traditionally telling the story of Steve Jobs from the ...

Matthew Modine, Josh Gad join Ashton Kutcher in Steve Jobs movie

by Steven Sande (Jun 6th, 2012)

In case you haven't had your fill of entertainment news this morning, here's some more. We all know that Ashton Kutcher is playing the part of Steve Jobs in an upcoming biopic (the one that's not inspired by the Walter Isaacson biography of Jobs). Today we have news of other members of the ...

Aaron Sorkin discusses making the Jobs biopic

by Mike Schramm (May 31st, 2012)

Filmmaker and writer Aaron Sorkin (probably best known for his work on The West Wing, though I really liked his dramacom Sports Night a lot) recently sat down with Walt Mossberg at All Things Digital to have a chat about his work on one of the new Steve Jobs biographical movies coming out. He ...

Woz hired as technical advisor on Jobs biopic

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 18th, 2012)

Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter for the Facebook-inspired The Social Network, is working on an adaptation of the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson. To help him in this quest, Sorkin has hired Steve Wozniak as a technical advisor, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune. Woz will help ...

Aaron Sorkin to pen Jobs' biopic, Variety reports

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 15th, 2012)

Aaron Sorkin, fresh from winning an Oscar for writing "The Social Network," will move from covering Facebook to Apple. Sony has hired Sorkin to turn Walter Isaacson's "Steve Jobs" biography into a feature film, Variety reports. Sony acquired the movie rights to Isaacson's biography a couple weeks ...

Steve Jobs biopic to begin filming in May

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 15th, 2012)

The producer behind the independent film about Steve Jobs told Neowin that filming on the biopic will start in May in preparation for release in the fourth quarter of this year. The film will be shot in Los Angeles. Producer Mark Hulme said the film would focus on Steve Jobs' life between 1971 ...

Aaron Sorkin 'strongly considering' writing the Steve Jobs biopic

by Mike Schramm (Nov 23rd, 2011)

Sure, why not? Sony Pictures apparently grabbed the movie rights to Walter Isaacson's recent Steve Jobs biography, and the studio has asked Aaron Sorkin to write the film. Sorkin said this past week in Los Angeles, that sure, he's considering it. "Sony has asked me to write the movie and it's ...

The All-ER lineup: Clooney and Wyle look to (re)-tackle Steve Jobs film role

by Michael Rose (Nov 20th, 2011)

No cited sources for this tidbit -- not even the usual "a person close to the production" -- but the UK's Now magazine sparked a rumor wildfire this week when it suggested that two veterans of NBC's ER are both interested in playing Steve Jobs for the upcoming film version of Walter Isaacson's ...

Aaron Sorkin reportedly considered to write Jobs biopic

by Chris Rawson (Oct 26th, 2011)

You had to see this one coming a mile away after hearing that Sony Pictures obtained the rights to a film version of Steve Jobs's biography. The LA Times reports that Aaron Sorkin, the writer behind the Mark Zuckerberg biopic The Social Network, is reportedly in consideration to write a screenplay ...