In 1995 Steve Jobs was the head of NeXT Computers. He had been away from Apple for 10 years. Apple was struggling badly at the time, and late the following year they would acquire NeXT in an almost $2 million deal that brought Jobs back to the company he helped found. Jobs became a consultant for Apple in early 1997, and by July he had been named the company’s “iCEO” (the “i” standing for “interim”). Three years later the “i” was dropped and Jobs was named permanent CEO, a post he would hold until his death last October.

But in 1995, none of that had happened yet. Jobs was still the head of NeXT and principal owner of Pixar (which was preparing to put its first feature film, a little flick called Toy Story, in theaters). That year, Jobs sat down with Robert Cringely and gave a lengthy interview. In the interview Jobs discussed his early career, his struggles, and his vision for the future at length. While bits of the interview were incorporated into a TV special, much of it was not. The parts that were not included were thought lost. Recently, though, the entirety of the interview was rediscovered.

Magnolia Pictures, owned by the Wagner/Cuban Company, has acquired the U.S. rights for the interview. Following a successful series of screenings in Landmark theaters, the film will be released in select theaters on May 11th. Later in the summer it will be released on DVD and in electronic format. Check out the trailer below:

Additionally, another video on YouTube includes some of the footage that was included in the TV special. This includes a bit more of the interview than Magnolia’s trailer:

For more information, you can check out the film’s page here.

What do you think of this lost Steve Jobs interview? Will you see the it if it comes to your city? Let us know in the comments.

Since his excitement for the project simply cannot be contained, Johnson provided exclusive commentary on the trailer to the folks over at MTV. As you can tell, the director is easily just as jazzed about the project as the legions of fans who have been closely following he project since its inception.

Naturally, if you haven’t seen the clip, then this commentary will mean absolutely nothing to you. Before proceeding, why not take a second to peruse the trailer? It’s embedded below.

What really seems to set “Looper” apart from Johnson’s previous endeavors is the amount of action on-display. Sure, “Brick” and “The Brothers Bloom” had their fair share of explosions and macho theatrics, but there’s something special about the sort of stuff witnessed in the teaser for his latest effort.

“It was fun for me,” Johnson said regarding the film’s multiple action sequences. “You see flashes of a lot of action in the movie, and this is the first time I’ve been able to do it on that scale, which is really fun, especially working with a veteran like Bruce (Willis),” Johnson said. “Joe had a lot of fun working with Bruce on the action scenes. Bruce kind of showed us the ropes. It was pretty awesome.”

Regarding co-star Emily Blunt: She’s in there. Somewhere. Although it’s hard to spot her in the teaser, Johnson assures everyone that the British actress is, in fact, a part of the production.

“You see a quick clip of Emily Blunt, [but] there’s a whole sequence where she had to do some action work and she just kinda kicked ass. I’m excited for people to see it,” Johnson explained. “Emily really held her own when it was time to get out the shotgun and do some blasting.”

And, yes, I really want to see Emily Blunt wield a shotgun and do some serious damage. “Looper”, which also stars Jeff Daniels. Paul Dano, and Piper Perabo, opens in US theaters on September 28th, 2012.

Don’t get me wrong, I think Wes Anderson is great. He just needs to stop making movies that all look alike. Maybe it’s just the posters. They could try releasing one that doesn’t include the entire cast staring meaningfully into the camera:

These two movies are exactly the same.

He even gets inanimate objects to stare meaningfully at the camera. How does he do it?

Moonrise Kingdom is set to premiere at Cannes in a few weeks. The new poster (in French) is part of the promotion.

Moonrise Kingdom is set on an Island off the coast of New England in the 60′s. A young boy and girl fall in love, and probably act quirky around each other. They run away together and the whole town goes searching for them.

My guess is it will be offbeat and bittersweet. I will alternate between loving it for the humor and hating it for trying so hard to be weird.

Network TEN, an Australian television station, has announced UNDERGROUND, a made for TV film that explores the early life of Assange. The network announced that they have secured Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under) and Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace) to star in the movie alongside newcomer Alex Williams who will play a young Assange.

The film will be written and directed by AFI Award winning filmmaker Robert Connolly (Balibo). The film is not only about Assange as it explores the young group of hackers that Assange led during the late 1980s and early 1990s in Melbourne. Here’s the official synopsis from the filmmakers:

“UNDERGROUND is the story of teenage Julian’s early foray into computer hacking up until his first arrest. Set in suburban Melbourne in the late 1980s, UNDERGROUND delves into Assange’s turbulent upbringing with activist mother Christine as well as his first friendships and girlfriend. Forming a hacking circle, nicknamed ‘The International Subversives’, Assange begins breaking into the computer systems of the world’s most powerful organizations. In an era before the internet, the teenagers wage a technological war from their bedrooms, hacking into the US military from their home-jigged computers and parent’s phone lines. All the while they are being hunted by the Australian Federal Police led by Detective Ken Roberts who is charged with shutting them down.”

The studio tapped the aforementioned big names to play two of the pivotal roles in the film. Griffiths will play Assange’s mother while LaPaglia will be playing Detective Ken Roberts. The other actors in the film are Callan McAuliffe (The Great Gatsby), Laura Wheelwright (Animal Kingdom) and Jordan Raskopoulos (The Axis of Awesome).

The producer behind the film, Helen Bowden, gives a few more details about UNDERGROUND:

“Underground is the incredible, true story of a group of schoolboys in Melbourne who were hacking into the some of the biggest corporate and military organizations in the world, at the dawn of the internet age. It is a fascinating tale and we are very excited to be bringing it to the screen.”

Wikipedia confirms that the events being portrayed in the film actually happened. Spoiler alert: Assange was caught but never went to jail for his hacking exploits.

The film will begin shooting on April 16 and will continue for four weeks. That’s a ridiculously short time to film a movie, but I guess it has to be since the film is apparently going to air on Network TEN in the second half of 2012. It will be distributed worldwide by NBC Universal.

Do you think a film about the early life of Julian Assange would be good? Or would you rather see a film based on his work for Wikileaks? Let us know in the comments.

[h/t: Mashable]