By Attorneys for former U.S. President Donald Trump have reportedly sent a cease and desist letter to the filmmakers behind the upcoming film “The Apprentice” according to Variety.
The trade indicates the letter is an effort to block the film’s U.S. sale and release, reportedly warning the team behind the film not to pursue a distribution deal. The Guardian adds they will be “filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers.”
Marvel star Sebastian Stan plays a young Trump in the film which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this week and reportedly looks at the mogul’s early years in the 1980s as a real estate developer along with his relationship with infamous American lawyer Roy Cohn (played by Jeremy Strong).
While reviews for the film have been mixed so far, it received an eight-minute standing ovation at the festival earlier this week. Steven Cheung, Trump campaign communications director, said in a statement:
“This garbage is pure fiction which sensationalises lies that have been long debunked. As with the illegal Biden Trials, this is election interference by Hollywood elites, who know that President Trump will retake the White House and beat their candidate of choice because nothing they have done has worked.
This ‘film’ is pure malicious defamation, should not see the light of day, and doesn’t even deserve a place in the straight-to-DVD section of a bargain bin at a soon-to-be-closed discount movie store, it belongs in a dumpster fire.”
Responding to the cease-and-desist letter, producers of the film said in a statement: “The film is a fair and balanced portrait of the former president. We want everyone to see it and then decide.”
Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi (“Holy Spider”) directed the film which features a script by journalist Gabriel Sherman.
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