Sony snags screenwriting superstar Aaron Sorkin to write its screenplay about Apple's cofounder.
Ashton Kutcher will maintain his youthful looks throughout much of the upcoming indie Steve Jobs movie.
In the wake of news that the Two and a Half Men star will headline a new Jobs biopic, TIME plays casting director to find the perfect actor for the role of lovable Apple cofounder, Steve Wozniak.
Dude, where’s my iPad? Variety is reporting that Ashton Kutcher will play Steve Jobs in Jobs, an indie film about the late Apple co-founder and CEO.
In the movie version of Steve Jobs’ life, the role of Apple’s late CEO and co-founder may go to George Clooney. Or Noah Wyle. Or neither, because frankly this rumor seems a bit fishy.
Google has finally brought apps to Google TV, along with a revamped interface that makes it easier to search for shows and movies. YouTube playback has been updated as well, with HD videos being played by default and automatic playlist creation based on the types of videos you’re watching.
Renting a Redbox DVD will require a little more loose change starting Monday, when parent company Coinstar raises prices by 20 cents per disc.
No doubt many see this Netflix debacle, in which the company admits it just lost 800,000 subscribers in its fiscal third quarter, as vindication. They balked when the company hiked its price a few bucks a month, and they absolutely howled when Netflix tried to separate DVD rentals and online streaming into two discrete services. [...]
Earlier this week, I mentioned that Warner Bros. had purchased a movie pitch from a writer called James Erwin that had started life as a post on Reddit. Ignoring my cynicism over whether or not social media can ever make good movies or television, there’s one problem: What if Erwin didn’t actually own his idea?
Watch out, Netflix: There’s a new player in the online video space, with the kind of past history that should probably make you a little nervous. Introducing VDIO, the new streaming video-on-demand service from the people who brought you Skype. And Napster. And Apache. You’ll find some Microsoft veterans in there, too.
The news that Warner Bros. has purchased a movie pitch as the result of posts made on Reddit shouldn’t come as a surprise to many people; if there’s one thing that social media has proven over the years, it’s that it exists as fodder for the creation of “mainstream” media like movies, television shows and [...]
