Donald Trump Biopic The Apprentice Avoids Legal Shut Down
The Apprentice is releasing as planned, with the controversial Donald Trump biopic hitting theatres 11 October 2024.
That’s despite attorneys from Trump’s Dhillon Law Group threatening a shut down of the film back in May. They called it “a concoction of lies that repeatedly defames President Trump and constitutes direct foreign interference in America’s elections,” given it’s co-funded by Canadian Irish and US companies.
However, Trump has now appeared to call off the shutdown. “It looks like the Trump team has decided to walk away from the matter and hope it just fades away, according to sources close to the situation,” writes Deadline.
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In new comments, Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung nonetheless continued the campaign against the film, telling the outlet “This garbage is pure fiction which sensationalizes lies that have been long debunked.”
However, The Apprentice director Ali Abbasi projected an image of calm during a May 21 Cannes press conference, saying “Everybody talks about him suing a lot of people, they don’t talk about his success rate.”
The Apprentice follows a young Donald Trump's (Sebastian Stan) rise to power as he he’s taken under the wing of influential lawyer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong).
It was originally set for release on 18 October 2024, but has moved up a week. Just as The Apprentice changes its cinematic slot, Jurassic World: Rebirth gets a new release date and first-look images.