MUMBAI: George Clooney is in the running with his former ER co-star Noah Wyle to play the late Apple boss Steve Jobs in a yet untitled film.

The biopic, that is expected to roll next year, will chart the life of the entrepreneur who died last month from pancreatic cancer when he was 56.

Clooney and Noah had both essayed the role of doctors in the long-running hospital series ER that picked up as many as 23 Emmy Awards.

Clooney was recently forced to pull out of TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E‘ as the role required physical exertion.