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Selling Another Steve Jobs Biopic Could Be A Challenge (newsy-allvideos)
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You'll be seeing Christian Bale as Moses in theaters soon. But he could also soon be portraying a very different icon — Steve Jobs.
News broke Wednesday the Oscar winner is in talks to play Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in Danny Boyle's upcoming biopic.
It's a biopic that's actually been in the works for years but just hasn't been able to get off the ground. It's switched directors, and Leonardo DiCaprio was rumored to have been circling the Jobs part. Plus, the 1970s-computer-sized elephant in the room …
Ashton Kutcher already played the late tech genius in "Jobs," the 2013 biopic you probably didn't see. That movie bombed at the box office and with critics.
**"Welcome to Apple computer."**
**"Is this everything?"**
**"It's a startup."**
The two movies have been compared for years, but the Kutcher picture got into theaters quicker. The question now is — is this Jobs movie worth the wait?
Christian Bale certainly seems more qualified for the role than Kutcher, whose main claim to the part was a passing resemblance to Jobs.
And the directors couldn't be more different as well. "Jobs" director Joshua Michael Stern's most recent effort prior to the biopic? …