Here is the first promotional photo from the Steve Jobs bio-pic, with Ashton Kutcher playing the late Apple visionary. The film is called jOBS. That’s not a typo. The “j” is not capitalized for some reason. When Ashton was announced for the film, I think many people were like “OH HELL NO.” And while Ashton is never going to set the world on fire with his acting chops, I do have something horrible to admit… Ashton looks a great deal like the young Jobs. It’s actually sort of uncanny.
The promotional photo was just released because jOBS has been confirmed to close out the Sundance Film Festival next month. Sundance will be the film’s premiere, and I’m assuming that Ashton will push for the film to make the film festival rounds beyond that. Maybe a screening at the Tribeca Film Festival, maybe Cannes, maybe the London Film Festival. This might be the closest Ashton gets to a prestigious, award-bait role, so it will be interesting to see how he plays it. According to the Sundance announcement (of its lineup), jOBS isn’t just about the young Jobs – it will chronicle “the defining 30 years of Steve Jobs’ life.” It also stars Dermot Mulroney, James Woods, Lukas Haas, J. K. Simmons, and Matthew Modine.
Here are some photos of Ashton on the set of jOBS earlier this year:
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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