Matthew Modine to play John Sculley in Jobs biopic

Matthew Modine will play the man who fired Steve Jobs.

Film actor Matthew Modine has signed on to the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic entitled jOBS, which stars Ashton Kutcher as the late Apple founder. Directed by Joshua Michael Stern (Swing Vote), the film will chronicle Jobs' life from 1971 through the 21st century. Modine has been tapped to play John Sculley, the former Pepsi-Cola CEO whom Jobs recruited to lead Apple in 1983. Sculley has longbeen known as the man who "fired" Jobs two years later. The two had clashed in their respective roles at Apple, leading up to Jobs' removal fromthe company in 1985. Sculley served as Apple CEO from 1983 to 1993. Book of Mormon star Josh Gad will portray Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in the film, due out this fall. The movie began principal photography in June. Early scenes will be shot in the actual Los Altos home where Jobs grew up and in thehistoric garage where he founded Apple.

Matthew Modine joins Steve Jobs biopic

• [jimh]

  If he could only fire Ashton Kutcher.

• [pjcamp]

  Everything about this project screams “direct to DVD.”

  Except, of course, the Cult of Jobs.

• [Nagurski]

  Next, ‘Jobs International Airport.’ 

• [jayson]

  We need Kickstopper more than ever for this. http://boingboing.net/2011/12/02/kickstopper-paying-hollywood.html

• [Michael Smith]

  fromthe is not a word.

  • [Antinous / Moderator]

    Yesit is!

• [bbonyx]

  “…will be shot in the actual Los Altos home where Jobs grew up and in the historic garage where he AND WOZNIAK founded Apple.”

  FTFY

  • [Nikolas Adair]

    “…will be shot in the actual Los Altos home where Jobs grew up and in the historic garage where he, Wozniak AND RONALD WAYNE founded Apple.”