Former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign plans to sue the producers of “The Apprentice,” a new biopic about the former president’s early years in real estate, alleging it contains “blatantly false claims.” is.
“We intend to file a lawsuit to address the blatantly false claims made by these fake filmmakers,” Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chan said in a statement to The Hill. “This trash is pure fiction that sensationalizes lies that have been debunked for a long time. Like the illegal Biden trial, this is election interference by Hollywood elites who believe that what they have done is We know that because nothing worked, President Trump will take back the White House and defeat the candidate of their choice.”
“This ‘movie’ is pure malicious defamation and should never see the light of day, or even deserve to be in the direct-to-consumer DVD section of the bargain bin of a soon-to-be-closed discount movie store.” It’s a dumpster fire. It belongs,” Cheung continued.
Ali Abbasi’s “The Apprentice” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday. reported to have received The film, which drew an eight-minute standing ovation, stars Sebastian Stan as Trump, then a New York real estate developer, and “Succession” star Jeremy Strong as the future president’s former lawyer and mentor, Roy Cohn.
The report quickly went viral After Monday’s premiere, critics argued that the film portrayed Mr. Trump, his working relationship with Mr. Cohn and his relationship with his first wife, Ivana, in an unfavorable light.
“When we made this movie, people said, ‘Why do you want to make a movie with Trump?'” Abbasi recalled at Monday’s premiere. If you want to communicate something about the world, do it in a good way, in a figurative way. ”
However, he received applause when he said: The nasty way, the mediocre way is the only way to deal with this wave on its own terms and on its own level. ”
“It’s not going to be a pretty situation,” he added. “But I think the problem with the world is that good people have been silent for too long.”
Hours before Monday’s premiere, Variety reported Billionaire Dan Snyder, who worked on the film, said he was not happy with the final creative direction. Sources told the outlet that Snyder, the former owner of the Washington Commanders and a friend of President Trump, was working on the biopic through his film company Kinematics, believing it would be a flattering portrayal of the former president. He said he had invested.
Variety reports that Snyder, who saw a cut version of the film in February, was so furious that Kinematics’ lawyers were called in to try to block the film’s release. Kinematics President Emmanuel Nuñez said Snyder was not involved in the creative disagreement between the company and the filmmakers.
The Hill has reached out to Tailored Films, which is listed as a producer on the film.
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