Actor Justin Long, well known for starring in several films as well as "Get a Mac" commercials, will be playing Steve Jobs in an upcoming parody movie from comedy website Funny or Die.
The website is creating a 60 - 75 minute movie named iSteve, which will be released online on April 15. Director Ryan Perez told the New York Times in an interview that the movie will not be based off extensive research and is meant to be very silly while looking at his whole life. Long has had a substantial relationship with Apple as he starred in the Mac-versus-PC TV ads for several years up until the end of the campaign in 2010.
This is not the first film about Jobs and his life. Jobs is an upcomming independent film starring actor Ashton Kutcher, with the release date being delayed, and Sony Pictures is also working on an adaptation of Walter Isaacson's authorized biography on Jobs. Funny or Die has featured several parody movies about Jobs, including one envisioning if Hollywood made a Jason Statham-style action movie about Jobs' life.
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