, which this writer has read several times . Playing Mike Lazaridis, the other co-CEO, will be Canadian actor Jay Baruchel.In real life, the two executives tried to play down the threat from Apple will Balsillie telling the press in 2007,"As nice as the Apple iPhone is, it poses a real challenge to its users. Try typing a web key on a touchscreen on an Apple iPhone, that's a real challenge. You cannot see what you type.
The other actors in the movie include Michael Ironside, Saul Rubinek, Martin Donovan, Rich Sommer, andstar Carey Elwes. The picture was written and directed by Matt Johnson who said,"BlackBerry is the kind of movie I never thought I could make in this country, but it’s a bright new day for Canadian film. Bold , director-driven cinema is back with the full force of the 1980s. Let’s go."
Since the movie has just wrapped, it is too early to have a release date to pass along. Does the BlackBerry story carry enough intrigue and drama to get the average guy and gal to buy tickets to see the movie? That remains to be seen. After all, two movies about the late Steve Jobs flopped at the box office even with Ashton Kutcher and Michael Fassbender starring as Apple's mythical leader.