“The Apprentice,” a new biopic about former President Trump’s rise through the real estate industry, failed to win any awards at the Cannes Film Festival over the weekend.
The biopic is directed by Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi and stars actor Sebastian Stan as Trump, then a New York real estate developer, and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohen, Trump’s real-life former lawyer and mentor. 8 minute standing ovation After its premiere at the film festival.
The film failed to win any awards, with the top prize going to “Anora,” a romantic drama set in New York City. Its director, Sean Baker, became the first American to win the Palme d’Or award since 2011.
Some reports about “The Apprentice” have allegedly portrayed Trump’s relationship with Cohn and his first wife, Ivana. In a negative light. Lawyers for the former president sent a cease and desist letter to the film’s makers on Friday, arguing that the movie is a “fabrication of lies that repeatedly disparages Mr. Trump.”
“If you do not immediately cease distribution and sale of this defamatory farce, we will be forced to pursue all appropriate legal remedies,” the letter said.
The move comes after Trump spokesman Steven Chang last week threatened to sue the makers of “The Apprentice” for making “demonstrably false claims.”
“This film is an utterly malicious slander that should never see the light of day. It doesn’t even deserve to be in the bargain DVD section of a soon-to-be-closing discount cinema store. It belongs in the bin,” Chang said in a statement last week.
The film’s producer variety It was a “fair and balanced portrait of the former president.”
“Let people see it and decide,” they said.
Ahead of last week’s premiere, Variety reported that Dan Synder, a Trump ally who invested in the film through his film company Kinematics, I wasn’t happy Citing anonymous sources, he spoke about the film’s ending.
According to Variety, he was so furious that he called in Kinematics’ lawyers to try to block the film’s release.
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