Earlier this month, we learned that Ashton Kutcher was poised to play the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in an indie biopic. The news made sense for some reasons (the physical similarities), but came as a bit of a surprise for other reasons (he’s Ashton Kutcher). At the time we didn’t really know much about the project beyond the fact that Joshua Michael Stern (Swing Vote) is directing, and the film, going by the terrible working title Jobs: Get Inspired, will chronicle the innovator’s life “from a wayward hippie to co-founder of Apple.”

Now producer Mark Hulme has spilled a few details about the project, including how they feel about Sony’s competing Jobs biopic and why they think Kutcher is their man to play the lead role. Hit the jump to see what he had to say.

During an interview with Neowin (via /Film), Hulme revealed that Jobs will primarily focus on the early years of Apple, “its founding and the up and down years: 1971-2000.” They’re pulling from a variety of sources for their research, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, former Apple CEOs John Skully and Mike Markkula, and early Apple employee Daniel Kottke are all characters that will factor into the film. As for the casting of Kutcher, Hulme had this to say:

“Since our film covers the early years of Apple, when Jobs was in his 20′s, we needed an actor who could carry not only the youthfulness of Jobs at the time but also the psychological complexity. Because of that, and Ashton’s physical similarities to Jobs, he’s perfect for our film… When Ashton read the script he was immediately attracted to the project. He is a Steve Jobs and Apple fan, and is technologically savvy, as well, so he recognized the historical importance of Steve Jobs and the potential of the project. He is very excited to have the role.”

Hulme revealed that they began researching and writing the screenplay immediately after Jobs’ retirement was announced as a result of the enormous impact the news had on Hulme’s staff. As such, they’re much further ahead than Sony’s competing project:

“Sony is a highly respected company, and Isaacson’s book is a great read. But our project was in development even before the release of Isaacson’s book and our movie will be out well before their movie.”

The plan is to release the film during the fourth quarter of this year, and distribution deals are currently in the works. I’m not exactly wild about Kutcher playing Jobs, but I’d love nothing more than to be pleasantly surprised by a wonderful performance. Luckily we don’t have to wait very long to find out how Jobs: Get Inspired comes together given how quickly things are moving forward.

滬江娛樂快訊：時隔6個多月，蘋果公司創(chuàng)始人史蒂夫·喬布斯逝世的消息已經(jīng)寂然，但對這位科技界巨頭軼聞趣記的重現(xiàn)還在熱鬧之中。此前我們曾報道索尼買下《喬布斯傳》的改編版權(quán)，并準備運作一部大制作。而與此同時，另一部名為《喬布斯》(Jobs)的傳記片也在悄然運作。

最新消息稱，這部確認由約書亞·邁克爾·斯坦恩（《關(guān)鍵投票》）執(zhí)導(dǎo)，憑《好漢兩個半》在美劇圈風(fēng)生水起的艾什頓·庫徹加盟，暫定名為《喬布斯：獲得靈感》（《Jobs: Get Inspired》）的傳記片即將于5月開拍，并預(yù)計在今年第四季度上映。

該傳記片將記錄喬布斯1971-2000，即16-45歲之間的工作和生活，目前制片人馬克·胡爾默已經(jīng)在確認項目的執(zhí)行細節(jié)，他表示并不擔(dān)心和索尼公司改編作品的競爭，因為后者預(yù)計在一兩年后才能推出。

而因與青年喬布斯形似而被選中的艾什頓·庫徹稱，他本人是一位“果粉”，而且對技術(shù)的東西并不陌生。自己一拿到劇本就開始對這么項目著迷，并感受到還原真實喬布斯的重任，希望他的表現(xiàn)能令人滿意。