Tycoon or lampoon?

Microsoft chief executive officer Bill Gates is the film industry?s latest darling, with two biopics scheduled. The first, a two-hour epic, is called the Pirates of Silicon Valley and charts Gates? rise to prominence and clash with Apple founder Steve Jobs. The film is scheduled to start production next month, and Gates will be played by NYPD Blue actor Michael Hall. In a second film, comedy actor Mike Myers is reported to be playing Gates in a spoof of the billionaire?s life story called ?20 billion?.