Steve Jobs movie starring Ashton Kutcher is not a joke

The movie will depict the life of Apple founder Steve Jobs from his creation of the company in a garage on April Fool's Day in 1976, through the wilderness years afterwards he was fired, and up to his return to a foundering Apple in 1997.

Jobs is directed by Joshua Michael Stern, who as well helmed Kevin Costner-starring Swing Vote and wrote The Contractor. The script is written by one Matt Whiteley. Cameras roll in May, when Kutcher starts his summer break from filming inexplicably popular sitcom Two and a Half Men, in which he replaced Charlie Sheen and plays an Internet millionaire.

Tech-savvy Kutcher was the first person to reach a million followers on Twitter and was involved in VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) startup Ooma. However it's rare to see him play a straight role, especially as complex a man as Jobs appears to have been.

The authorised biography

The authorised biography by Walter Isaacson published shortly afterwards Jobs' untimely death last year revealed the Apple boss to be a volatile and demanding man. Is the dumb one from That Seventies Show the right choice to give us an insight into what as a matter of fact made him tick? Press play on our video and see if you can picture Kutcher in the role.

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