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Funny or Die Debuts 'iSteve,' Its First Full-Length Movie

by | April 17th, 2013

Comedy video website Funny or Die has released its first movie this morning. Called iSteve, it's a comedic biopic of Steve Jobs starring Justin Long as the Apple founder and it's  now streaming on FOD. Clocking in at 79 minutes, it's not only the first movie for Funny or Die but also the first biopic of Jobs to see a wide release, beating Ashton Kutcher's Jobs out of the gate. iSteve was written and directed by Funny or Die staffer Ryan Perez, who says he only used Steve Jobs's Wikipedia page and a few interviews as source material. It took Perez five days to write the script [...]

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Watch the Trailer for Funny or Die's Steve Jobs Movie 'iSteve'

by | April 2nd, 2013

Here's a new teaser trailer for iSteve, a feature-length Steve Jobs biopic made by Funny or Die that will debut on the website Monday, April 15th. The movie will be somewhere between 60 and 75 minutes in length, and it will be the first Steve Jobs biopic to be released, beating the two real ones. iSteve was written and directed by FOD staffer Ryan Perez, and it stars Justin Long as Jobs, James Urbaniak (Venture Bros.) as Bill Gates, Michaela Watkins (SNL) as Melinda Gates, and Jorge Garcia (Lost) as Steve Wozniak. Let's hope this kicks off a "comedy biopics about real people" trend.

Movies

Funny or Die Made a Feature-Length Steve Jobs Biopic

by | March 18th, 2013

There are currently two Steve Jobs biopics in the works – one that was already filmed starring Ashton Kutcher and another written by Aaron Sorkin – but Funny or Die beat them to the punch and is releasing a Steve Jobs biopic first. The NY Times reports this week that Funny or Die's Ryan Perez wrote and directed a comedic biopic about Jobs called iSteve that stars Justin Long as the Apple mogul and runs somewhere between 60 and 75 minutes in length. Perez wrote the script in three days and shot it in five. The movie also stars James Urbaniak (Venture Bros.) as Bill Gates, Michaela Watkins (SNL) [...]

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