The paycheck is another in a long line of favorable gestures made by the company, and especially Jeff Bezos, toward the Trumps.
Amazon MGM Studios has officially announced the release of an upcoming Melania Trump documentary movie, which will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the First Lady. The untitled documentary is set to debut in both theaters and on Prime Video later this year.
A new documentary on Amazon Prime from the future first lady suggests a changing, perhaps warmer, relationship between Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the Trumps.
The director and producer Brett Ratner, forced out of Hollywood at the peak of the #MeToo movement, will direct a documentary about First Lady Melania Trump for Amazon, the studio confirmed Sunday. The move is both a warm embrace by the ecommerce giant for the incoming administration and a dramatic return for Ratner, the director of and the movies.
Amazon is getting into business with Melania Trump. And Brett Ratner.
Incoming first lady Melania Trump will be the subject of a new documentary directed by Brett Ratner and distributed by Amazon Prime Video.
Brett Ratner is directing his first movie seven years after facing sexual harassment allegations reported by The Times. In 2017, six women, including actor Olivia Dunn, accused Ratner of sexual harassment and misconduct.
Director Brett Ratner has set his first film since being accused of sexual misconduct and harassment at the height of the #MeToo movement: A Documentary about First Lady Melania Trump. Amazon MGM Studios has agreed to license the film, which will be released later this year.
The project signifies Brett Ratner return to the spotlight after a prolonged hiatus from Hollywood due to sexual misconduct allegations in 2017.
Ratner was accused at the height of the Me Too movement in 2017 by at least six women of sexual harassment or misconduct.
Per Amazon’s statement (via Fox News Digital) , the documentary is being executive produced by Fernando Sulichin for New Element Media, as well as by Melania herself. As noted by the outlet, president-elect Donald Trump ‘s wife released a memoir titled Melania in October.