Sebastian Stan stars as Donald Trump, Maria Bakalova plays Ivana Trump, and Jeremy Strong portrays Roy Cohn in the film that opens in theaters on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024

After a whirlwind fever dream of anticipation, Ali Abbasi ‘s new film “The Apprentice” will finally hit theaters October 11. The Donald Trump biopic, which premiered at Cannes earlier this year, was acquired three months after its premiere for U.S. distribution by Briarcliff Entertainment.

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Director Ali Abbasi frames the film as a riff on "Pygmalion," with an aspiring young slumlord from Queens becoming the toast of Manhattan under the toxic tutelage of sleazy power player Roy Cohn, reviews critic Sean Burns.

The former president's legal team slapped the movie with a cease and desist letter shortly after its Cannes world premiere but has seemingly remained quiet about the film before its U.S. release date,

Director Ali Abbasi gave serious thought to getting a woman to play Donald Trump in 'The Apprentice' in order to capture the "awkward" body language of the former US president.

The upcoming Sebastian Stan film's director revealed that he thought about casting a woman in the leading role in the film about young Donald Trump.