With Christian Bale having now been confirmed as playing Steve Jobs in the upcoming biopic of the Apple co-founder, it seemed that Aaron Sorkin's much delayed and at one point almost crippled project was starting to gather pace. Today it now looks like it's well and truly trundling along rather nicely with rumors now swirling that the part of Jobs' partner in creating Apple has also been cast.
From Batman to American Psycho, it's fair to say that actor Christian Bale has played some volatile characters over the years, and as rumored, will now assume the role of the genius that was Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. While not quite in the same league as those aforementioned characters, the late, great innovator was renowned for his big personality as well as knack for dreaming up era-defining products, and as such, Bale may have his work cut out in this biopic commissioned by Sony Pictures.
You'll often hear folks wax poetic about the convenience of 'The Cloud,' and how easy it is to store files in this mysterious, seemingly invisible location. Of course, us geeks know that The Cloud, such as it is, consists of rooms upon rooms of ultra-fast hardware designed to mass-store and transfer our files, leaving us able to continue about our business without worrying about issues such as hard drive failure. But as rather comically displayed in the latest Cameron Diaz movie, The Cloud throws up its own set of pitfalls, and if you don't take the time to fully comprehend who can see and access the files you frivolously upload, the consequences can be catastrophic. Very, very catastrophic.
Good news for Netflix users: the famous online media streaming service is now offering to stream “Jobs”, the infamous biographic movie based on Steve Jobs, founder and visionary behind the Cupertino tech giant Apple Inc., and starring Ashton Kutcher, who portrayed the character of Steve Jobs for the silver screen.
The life and times of Steve Jobs is a pretty interesting story for those who have yet to read the Walter Isaacson biography, and even though the only officially authorized book on the late Apple co-founder and former CEO has its fair share of critics, we're still very much enthused by the prospect of the upcoming Sony Pictures movie, based heavily upon the Isaacson biog. No less, of course, because scriptwriter Aaron Sorkin, of The Social Network fame, has a credible track record for turning tech stories into Hollywood blockbusters, and as the search for an actor to play Jobs continues, Christian Bale has emerged as a front-runner.
With any new technology standards or formats, there's always a trial stage whereby an assessment is made as to whether moving towards it is a viable or necessary pursuit. While 3DTV continues to struggle through lack of content and general interest, 4K looks to be taking strides as the next de facto quality level for our viewing pleasure, and the Blu-ray Disc Association's decision to announce 4K Blu-ray discs suggests that this will be the natural next step.
It's becoming a rather familiar trajectory; game becomes popular on mobile devices, sells millions, makes a household name of itself, and then inks a deal to make a movie. Angry Birds already has a film in production due for release in 2016, and Temple Run, that Indiana Jones-esque running title that looked as if it was based on a movie in the first place, will also be hitting screens in the not-so-distant future. A Warner Bros. movie, the studio has enlisted David Heyman, producer of the immensely popular Harry Potter series, to take Temple Run to the box office.
Users of iPhones come in all shapes and sizes, but when you find a proper hardcore fan of Apple's smartphone then the chances are pretty good that they're also rather keen on a spot of science fiction. We'd have to count ourselves firmly in that category, and we'd definitely argue that it's no bad thing.
Much has been made of the just-released indie movie starring Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, but while the blogosphere has continued to hype the Joshua Michael Stern flick, the first-weekend box office sales make for rather disappointing reading. Distributor of the Jobs movie Open Road Films projected a figure in the region of $8-9 million for its initial weekend, but Box Office Mojo estimates the number at just $6.7 million. Considering the movie's budget was around $12 million, it's certainly not bad going, but considering the stature of the man to which the film is based, one might have expected more movie goers to turn out.
If you happen to be an avid Apple Inc. fan, or just a general lover of innovative and influential technology then it's always good to have a trip down nostalgia lane. The Jobs movie - starring Ashton Kutcher - is set for an August 16th release in theatres around the United States. In preparation for that launch, Open Road Films have released a new clip from the movie that not only gives us a taste of what to expect, but also takes us on a trip down memory lane to learn how one of the world's richest companies came to have the Apple Computers name.