Provocative Trump Movie ‘The Apprentice’ Will Hit U.S. Theaters Before Election
The Apprentice, director Ali Abbasi’s new film about a young Donald Trump played by Sebastian Stan, is set for an October release date in theaters across the United States. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film’s been picked up by distributor Briarcliff Entertainment, with a tentative release date of October 11.
This is despite the fact that Trump and his backers have actively to block its release in the U.S. altogether. After the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20, billionaire Dan Snyder was so displeased with the film’s negative depiction of Trump, and tried to prevent the film from getting a theatrical release in the United States.
Snyder was able to do this because he had indirectly financed the film, although Deadline now reports that his company, Kinematics, has since been “bought out of its share in the movie in addition to a healthy premium,” so Snyder no longer has any say about the film’s rollout.