MUMBAI: Ashton Kutcher has been cast in a biopic of Apple founder Steve Jobs. He will play the technology pioneer in an indie movie which will simply be titled ‘Jobs’.

The film will feature the visionary businessman’s rise from a California hippie to co-founder of Apple. Jobs died in October last year after he fell to a battle with pancreatic cancer when he was 56.

Though the actor has earlier featured in drama projects in the past such as 2004 science fiction thriller The Butterfly Effect and the coastguard action film The Guardian, tackling the role of the iconic CEO will surely be the biggest test yet of the 34-year-old’s acting ability.

One thing the actor will not have to worry about is hours of make-up work, as the pair look uncannily alike.

Director Joshua Michael Stern will start shooting the film to be produced and financed by Mark Hulme in May.

Kutcher will not be the first actor to play Steve Jobs. Noah Wyle played him in the critically acclaimed 1999 television movie Pirates of Silicon Valley, which followed the respective rises of rivals Apple and Microsof..