Prime Video Licensed A Melania Trump Documentary Directed By Brett Ratner

Amazon Prime Video has licensed a documentary astir Melania Trump that will beryllium directed by Rush Hour caput Brett Ratner, reports Variety. A Prime Video spokesperson told nan outlet that nan movie will beryllium an “unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look” astatine nan first lady.

The news comes arsenic Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos has been currying favour pinch Donald Trump, who dense criticized Amazon during his first term. That’s included repast pinch nan President-elect and a $1 cardinal assistance to Trump’s inauguration fund, conscionable arsenic different tech CEOs for illustration Apple’s Tim Cook and OpenAI’s Sam Altman personification done. Prime Video is too group to livestream Trump’s inauguration.

The movie is nan first important Hollywood task that Ratner has taken connected since 2017, erstwhile respective women accused him of intersexual misconduct and different of rape, Variety notes. He denied nan allegations but parted ways pinch Warner Bros.

Ratner has immoderate notable ties to nan Trumps, including a erstwhile business pinch Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin. He too filmed 2011’s Tower Heist mostly on-location astatine Trump International Hotel & Tower and has reportedly tally successful Mar-a-Lago societal circles since his departure from Hollywood life.

Amazon’s Melania Trump documentary has already begun filming and nan institution plans to springiness it theatrical and streaming releases starting successful nan 2nd half of this year, Variety writes.