Trump Film Apprentice Sets Pre-Election Release Date, Awards Campaign

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The Apprentice, Ali Abbasithe hot film about young people Donald Trumpwas acquired by Tom OrtenbergBriarcliff Entertainment for a pre-election U.S. release on October 11, as well as an awards push, The Hollywood Reporter he learned. The film was written by Vanity FairTrump's historical chronicler Gabriel Sherman and stars Sebastian Stan as future president and Jeremy Strong as his former advisor Roy Cohn.

Trump’s “origin story” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20 and quickly proved to be a hot potato. Daniel Snyderthe pro-Trump billionaire whose company Kinematics invested in the film against domestic rights was reportedly unhappy with the film’s depiction of Trump and sought to block its release; and the Trump campaign has issued legal threats to potential distributors.

In the end, DAY learned that Kinematics' stake in the film has been bought out, allowing the Briarcliff deal to move forward.

In the relatively short period between now and October 11, The Apprentice will begin appearing at some fall film festivals and a full awards campaign, something Ortenberg is very familiar with from his days at Lionsgate where he oversaw Accident and at Open Road supervising Reflectorboth winners of the Oscar for best film, is already in the organization phase.

“What Abassi's film reveals more than anything else is the extent to which the toxicity that is now an inescapable part of our contemporary reality was shaped by the unnatural alliance between two men half a century ago,” DAYDavid Rooney had his say in his Cannes review of the film, which received largely positive reviews across the board and now sits at 77 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

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