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Open Road Films and Five Star Feature films announce ‘jOBS’ will release in April 2013

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Sundance Film Festival announced in December that the Steve Jobs biopic, titled “jOBS”, starring famed actor Ashton Kutcher, would première at the 2013 festival this January and launch in theaters just two months later, but now the filmmakers have revealed a April 2013 release date.

Five Star Feature Film has partnered with Open Road Films to distribute the film in the United States. As MovieWeb.com reported, Open Roads Film CEO Tom Ortenberg and Five Star Feature Films’ Mark Hulme announced the deal via a press release.

Hulme noted that his company “set out to find the perfect partners to present ‘jOBS’ to audiences worldwide,” and he said it found one with Open Road. Joshua Michael Stern directs the film, which Matthew Whitely wrote and Hulme produced, and it stars Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Lukas Haas, Josh Gad, J.K. Simmons, Matthew Modine, and more.

The biopic is not related to Sony’s film based on Walter Isaacson’s “Steve Jobs” biography, but it notably features scenes shot in the historic garage where Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple and Jobs’ childhood Los Altos home.

Get the full press release below.

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LOS ANGELES, CA, January 3, 2013 – Open Road Films has partnered with Five Star Feature Films on jOBS, the highly anticipated film chronicling the story of Steve Jobs’ ascension from college dropout to one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century. As previously announced, jOBS will premiere as the closing night film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The film will be released in April 2013. The announcement was made today by Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Open Road Films and Mark Hulme of Five Star Feature Films.

Directed by Joshua Michael Stern, written by Matthew Whitely, shot by Oscar- winning cinematographer Russell Carpenter and produced by Mark Hulme, jOBS details the major moments and defining characters that influenced Steve Jobs on a daily basis from 1971 through 2000. jOBS plunges into the depths of his character, creating an intense dialogue-driven story that is as much a sweeping epic as it is an immensely personal portrait of Steve Jobs’ life. The filmmakers were granted unprecedented access during shooting to the historic garage in Palo Alto, that served as the birthplace to Apple Inc. jOBS stars Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, J.K. Simmons and Matthew Modine. Inferno Entertainment is handling international sales on jOBS.

Ortenberg stated, “jOBS is certain to resonate with audiences and we are thrilled to partner with Five Star Feature Films to bring this film to theaters.”

Hulme said, “We set out to find the perfect partners to present jOBS to audiences worldwide, and we feel we have found one with Open Road. They were as impressed as we were with Ashton Kutcher’s inspiring and unforgettable performance as Steve Jobs and are excited to distribute the picture in the U.S.”

The deal was negotiated on behalf of Open Road Films by Ortenberg, General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Operations and Business Affairs, Elliott Kleinberg, and Senior Vice President of Acquisitions, Ben Cotner. The filmmakers were represented by Creative Artists Agency.

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