Amazon Prime Video has licensed a documentary about Melania Trump that will be directed More exciting times Director Brett Ratner, Reports diversity. A Prime Video spokesperson told the outlet that the film will be an “unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look” at the first lady.
This news comes at a time when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is siding with Donald Trump, who has heavily criticized Amazon. During his first term. That includes a dinner with the president-elect and a $1 million donation to Trump’s inaugural fund, as have other tech CEOs like Apple’s Tim Cook and OpenAI’s Sam Altman. Prime Video is also set to livestream Trump’s inauguration.
The film is the first major Hollywood project that Ratner has taken on since 2017, when several women He was accused of sexual harassment And Another one of rape, diversity Notes He denied the allegations but parted ways with Warner Bros.
Ratner has some notable ties to Trump, including a former partnership with Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin. He also did the 2011 film Tower Heist Largely located at the Trump International Hotel & Towers and reportedly moving in Mar-a-Lago social circles after retiring from Hollywood life.
Amazon’s Melania Trump documentary has already begun filming and the company plans to give it a theatrical and streaming release in the second half of this year. diversity writes.