Actor Justin Long, who starred in those well-known "Get a Mac" commercials, will now play Steve Jobs in comedy website Funny or Die's upcoming movie poking fun at biopics about the late Apple founder.  The New York Times reports that Funny or Die is making a 60- to 75-minute movie, iSteve, and will release it online on April 15.  “In true Internet fashion, it’s not based on very thorough research — essentially a cursory look at the Steve Jobs Wikipedia page,” iSteve writer and director Ryan Perez told the Times. “It’s very silly. But it looks at his whole life.”  We made a movie! "iSteve" stars @justinlong & will be the FIRST Steve Jobs biopic on April 15th. Read all about it: ow.ly/jaI6Z  — Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) March 18, 2013  For years, Long played the calm and cool Mac persona in the Mac-versus-PC TV ads, until the campaign ended in 2010.  There are a number of films about Jobs in the works: Jobs, an independent film starring actor Ashton Kutcher as Jobs, reportedly has had its release date delayed; and Sony Pictures is producing another picture based on Walter Isaacson's authorized biography of Jobs.  SEE ALSO: Steve Wozniak Says Scene From Steve Jobs Movie Is 'Totally Wrong'  This is not the first time Funny or Die has featured parodies of movies based on the late tech titan of Cupertino: One such video envisions if Hollywood made a Steve Jobs action movie, Jason Statham-style.  After suffering with pancreatic cancer for years, Jobs died in October 2011. He had resigned as CEO of Apple just months before his death.  Thumbnail image composite. Steve Jobs photo (left) by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Justin Long photo (right) by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images
Comedy website Funny or Die says they will release a spoof biopic movie about Steve Jobs online next month starring Justin Long, according to a report from the 'New York Times.'