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Ashton Kutcher Is Steve Jobs In Indie Movie

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Ashton Kutcher is Steve Jobs in a new movie being directed by Joshua Michael Stern of Swing Vote fame, reports Jeff Sneider in Variety.  The movie, Jobs, based on a script by Matt Whiteley, is being financed and produced by Five Star Institute’s Mark Hulme.

There is another movie based on Steve Jobs on the works. This one is being developed under the banner of Sony Pictures, and based on Walter Isaacson’s book on Jobs.

 

[Image Courtesy: Mr. Ashton Kutcher]

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