George Clooney, Noah Wyle battling to play Steve Jobs in biopic

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  • Reply 121 of 137
    Any movie will have to compress characters and events to fit within a reasonable time frame. My suggestion is a 3 part epic ... sort of like Lord of the Rings.



    Lord of the Apple - Fellowship of the apple

    Steve and Steve, the early years, on the quest to build a computer and found a company.



    Lord of the Apple - The Two OSs

    Steve & Steve continue the quest and battle Microsofts legions - leads to Steve J being ousted by Scully.



    Lord of the Apple - The return of the King

    Begins with Steve J returning from the wilderness to Apple to remove the false king.



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  • Reply 122 of 137
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Maverik234 View Post


    Any movie will have to compress characters and events to fit within a reasonable time frame. My suggestion is a 3 part epic ... sort of like Lord of the Rings.



    Lord of the Apple - Fellowship of the apple

    Steve and Steve, the early years, on the quest to build a computer and found a company.



    Lord of the Apple - The Two OSs

    Steve & Steve continue the quest and battle Microsofts legions - leads to Steve J being ousted by Scully.



    Lord of the Apple - The return of the King

    Begins with Steve J returns from the wilderness and returns to Apple to remove the false king.







    You need to sell that to Hollywood.
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  • Reply 123 of 137
    Aaron Sorkin is one of my favorite writers. Sports Night, West Wing, Studio 60, Social Network. The guy writes great dialog and would honor Steve's memory while making it entertaining.
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  • Reply 124 of 137
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    Tom Cruise would be the worst choice ever. Besides, he's way too short.



    I dunno. I can think of worse choices. William Shatner. "Schmidt you... dirty bastard I'm... going thermonuclear... if you... don't stop copying us."
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  • Reply 125 of 137
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    Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton View Post


    I dunno. I can think of worse choices. William Shatner. "Schmidt you... dirty bastard I'm... going thermonuclear... if you... don't stop copying us."







    Instead of 'KAHNNNNNNNN!'



    'SCULLYYYYYYYYYY!'
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  • Reply 126 of 137
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    Originally Posted by anonymouse View Post


    Is this AppleInsider or Food Network Humor?



    Actually... Both.
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  • Reply 127 of 137
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Maverik234 View Post


    Any movie will have to compress characters and events to fit within a reasonable time frame. My suggestion is a 3 part epic ... sort of like Lord of the Rings.



    Lord of the Apple - Fellowship of the apple

    Steve and Steve, the early years, on the quest to build a computer and found a company.



    Lord of the Apple - The Two OSs

    Steve & Steve continue the quest and battle Microsofts legions - leads to Steve J being ousted by Scully.



    Lord of the Apple - The return of the King

    Begins with Steve J returning from the wilderness to Apple to remove the false king.







    Ha! How about TABA... There And Back Again



    With Clint Eastwood as Treebeard (AKA Join Draper)... who was sent Waltzing Off to Withywindle.



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  • Reply 128 of 137
    I'm going on a limb here and put Barry Pepper's name on the list. His transformation into RFK for "The Kennedys" mini series was jaw dropping.



    The best actor portrayals are usually by actors that don't look exactly like their real-life counterpart.



    The less obvious the actor, the better performance the movie gets (imho).



    I don't think Clooney or Wylie are going to give us anything we haven't seen before.
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  • Reply 129 of 137
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    I'm going on a limb here and put Barry Pepper's name on the list.



    Oh, no. This won't be happening.



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  • Reply 130 of 137
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    Oh, no. This won't be happening.



    <scary close up of Ballmer's smug mug removed/>



    +2. Creative.
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  • Reply 131 of 137
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    Originally Posted by AdonisSMU View Post


    I don't get all the hate for George Clooney.



    We'll got a bad love movie with Angelina Jolie playing the role of one of his gf...
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  • Reply 132 of 137
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    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


    Oh, no. This won't be happening.







    WOW



    Can I preorder?
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  • Reply 133 of 137
    I'd like Tarantino to be Director and Uma Thurman to play The Steve...



    "Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the fucking time! [Pause] I didn't think so. You didn't think it was gonna be that easy, did you?"
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  • Reply 134 of 137
    Since Steve's death, I've felt that Patrick Dempsey would be a good fit for the role.
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  • Reply 135 of 137
    tsatsa Posts: 129member
    OK, let's solve this in a civilized way. Gentlemen, choose your weapons!
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  • Reply 136 of 137
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    Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton View Post


    Wylie for the under 40 Jobs (hippie Jobs), Christian Bale for over 40 Jobs (business icon Jobs). Plus, Bale can handle all the swearing scenes. Sorry, Clooney. I think your phone is ringing...Soderberg wants to make another Oceans movie.



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    Originally Posted by dav View Post


    get Edward Norton!



    Between Clooney and Wyle I'd give the nod towards Clooney because he can be more intimidating. Wyle just seems like too much of a nice guy, which Jobs was not always.



    However, if we can have anyone then Christian Bale is definitely perfect. Norton would be a close runner up. Bale can be very likeable in one scene and then very intense in another. Perfect for Jobs. He also throws himself into the role and would probably slim down for the later years.
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  • Reply 137 of 137
    gordygordy Posts: 1,004member
    Jim Caviezel is my choice. Makeup can do anything, so this push for a lookalike (Aston Kutcher? Really?) is offbase. Using a "Tom Cruise" caliber A-lister is also offbase IMO.



    Jim Caviezel last big role was Jesus, and with that role in mind I think he would do Mr. Jobs' story well--especially his later years--post 97.



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