Studiocanal Buy UK Rights To Donald Trump ‘The Apprentice’ Film
Studiocanal have announced they have acquired the UK and Irish distribution rights to Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice, ahead of it’s world premiere at Cannes Film Festival.
The film’s world premiere isn’t for another few days (20th May), when it will play in the Competition strand for the coveted Palme D’Or. The searing drama is described as an exploration of Donald Trump’s rise to power in 1980s America.
Ali Abbasi is known for his fantasy Border, more recently Holy Spider and he has directed for post apocalyptic series The Last Of Us.
The film stars Sebastian Stan (Pam & Tommy) as Donald Trump, Jeremy Strong (Succession) as the firebrand Roy Cohn, Martin Donovan (Tenet) as Fred Trump Sr, and Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) as Ivana Trump.
The Apprentice is a dive into the underbelly of the American empire. It charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.
The film’s script is written by Gabe Sherman. It is produced by Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films, Jacob Jarek for Profile Pictures, Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde for Tailored Films, and Ali Abbasi and Louis Tisné for Film Institute.
Executive Producers are Amy Baer, Mark H. Rapaport, Emanuel Nunez, Josh Marks, Grant S. Johnson, Phil Hunt and Compton Ross, Thorsten Schumacher, Niamh Fagan, Gabe Sherman, Lee Broda, James Shani, Andrew Frank and Greg Denny.
Rocket Science are handling International Sales on the project, which was financed by Kinematics, Head Gear Films, Screen Ireland, Film i Vast, The Danish Film Institute and National Bank of Canada.
Studiocanal will release The Apprentice in cinemas across the UK and Ireland later in 2024.
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