George Clooney To Play Steve Jobs In Biopic? (REPORT)

The first potential casting for the Steve Jobs biopic is in -- and choice may surprise you.

According to UK's Now Magazine, George Clooney is up for the role of the late Apple visionary.

Just two days after his death, Sony acquired the rights to Walter Isaacson's biography "Steve Jobs." Reportedly, Aaron Sorkin, "The Social Network" scribe, is the top contender to adapt the biography into a film.

Fellow "ER" alum Noah Wyle once portrayed a young-Jobs in the TV documdrama "Pirates of Silicon Valley."

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[Anjyl Heavyn]

09:23 AM on 11/28/2011

i'm getting a little burnt out on clooney. is anyone else?

[philnolan3d]

06:37 AM on 11/27/2011

No George, don't do it!

[Sol76]

08:03 AM on 11/20/2011

Bad choice. How can Clooney play Jobs in his formative years? Better to go with a young actor that can wear make-up to play an older man. Personally I think Ashton Kutcher is a big enough name, at the perfect age and career-wise, at a stage where he needs a real challenge to grow as an artist and gain respect for his craft so this role would be perfect for him.

[christophwiliam]

11:42 AM on 11/24/2011

Kutcher is devoid of any acting ability. He's lucky his looks and goofy outlook have gotten him this far. I second Bale or RDJ for the role.

[Sol76]

04:43 AM on 11/25/2011

With a great director it is possible for Kutcher to make this role his own for the reasons I stated above.

[mchlmack]

05:15 PM on 11/19/2011

I'm definitely on the Bale train for this one.

[JediGoddess]

02:09 PM on 11/19/2011

"The files are IN the computer!"

[trobts]

11:27 AM on 11/19/2011

It should be Tom Hanks (he'd be believable). Clooney will not be able to look thin and sickly toward the end of the movie.

[MichaelMcKLA]

03:11 AM on 11/19/2011

Clooney? LOL...NO!

[nokaoi]

01:55 AM on 11/19/2011

robert downey, jr has the innate smarts to pull off the role.

[WESTFIELD]

11:44 PM on 11/18/2011

I love George Clooney but no

[Parade Keegan]

02:56 AM on 11/19/2011

My thoughts too, Clooney isn't "edgy" enough IMO.

[GiaMTL]

10:06 PM on 11/18/2011

No way! Clooney is okay, but not for this role in the least!

[Highball]

08:49 PM on 11/18/2011

I'm absolutely not sure how I feel about this.

Clooney is a terriffic actor. If he's playing him as older, then I totally am with it.

[colysu]

07:35 PM on 11/18/2011

Actually in his younger days he looked a lot like Ashton Kutcher.

[Red45]

06:43 PM on 11/18/2011

No one but Noah Wylie should play Steve Jobs.

[fifiwereking]

06:53 PM on 11/18/2011

he absolutely has the looks, but i doubt he has the acting chops...

[Red45]

07:26 PM on 11/18/2011

Ya know, the more I see Christian Bale's name floated around here, the more I think that he'd be better for the part because not only has a resemblance, he's intense like Jobs was. Yeah, Christian Bale.

[fifiwereking]

06:41 PM on 11/18/2011

CHRISTIAN BALE!

(it's not really too soon, the project will likely take a few years to develop)

[Sol76]

08:15 AM on 11/20/2011

Bale would be great as the nasty, over-bearing, micro-manager Jobs but he would struggle to convey his charisma that was so compelling, it was dubbed the "Reality Distortion Field."

[mmgbizgirl]

06:23 PM on 11/18/2011

Noah Wyle nails Steve Jobs at a MacWorld Event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIClAanU7Os