LOS ANGELES – Incoming first woman Melania Trump would be the topic of a brand new documentary directed by Brett Ratner and distributed by Amazon Prime Video. The streaming arm of the tech big bought unique licensing rights for a streaming and theatrical launch later this 12 months, the corporate mentioned Sunday.
Filming is already underway on the documentary. The corporate mentioned in a press release that the movie will give viewers an “unprecedented behind-the-scenes look” at Melania Trump and in addition promised a “really distinctive story.”
The previous and now future first woman additionally launched a self-titled memoir late final 12 months. Her husband takes workplace on Jan. 20.
The movie is the newest connection between Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump. The corporate in December introduced plans to donate $1 million to the President-elect’s inauguration fund, and mentioned that it might additionally stream Trump’s inauguration on its Prime Video service, a separate in-kind donation price one other $1 million.
The 2 males had been at odds up to now. Throughout his first time period, Trump criticized Amazon and railed in opposition to the political protection at The Washington Publish, which Bezos owns. However he’s struck a extra conciliatory tone just lately as Amazon and other tech companies search to enhance their relationship with the incoming president.
In December, Bezos expressed some pleasure about potential regulatory cutbacks within the coming years and mentioned he was “optimistic” about Trump’s second term.
Bezos in October didn’t enable the Publish to endorse a presidential candidate, a transfer that led to tens of 1000’s of individuals canceling their subscriptions and to protests from journalists with a deep historical past on the newspaper. This weekend, a cartoonist quit her job after an editor rejected her sketch of the newspaper’s proprietor and different media executives bowing earlier than the president-elect.
The movie additionally marks the primary undertaking that Ratner has directed since he was accused of sexual misconduct by a number of ladies, together with actor Olivia Munn, within the early days of the #MeToo reckoning in November 2017. Ratner, whose lawyer denied the allegations, directed the “Rush Hour” movie collection, “Crimson Dragon” and ’’X-Males: The Final Stand.”
Fernando Sulichin, an Argentine filmmaker, is government producing the movie, which started capturing in December.
Melania Trump, Donald Trump’s third spouse, has been an enigmatic determine since her husband introduced he was working within the 2016 election. She had sought to keep up her privateness at the same time as she served as first woman, specializing in elevating their son, Barron, and selling her “Be Finest” initiative to assist the “social, emotional, and bodily well being of kids.”
Whereas she appeared at her husband’s marketing campaign launch occasion for 2024 and attended the closing night time of the Republican Nationwide Conference this summer season, she has in any other case stayed off the marketing campaign path, although the calls for of once more being first woman could dictate a better public profile after Inauguration Day.
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