A release date for The Apprentice has been set.
Directed by Ali Abbasi, The Apprentice is a new biopic movie that sees Sebastian Stan play a younger Donald Trump. The film premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in May.
When will The Apprentice be released in United States theaters?
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired the United States distribution rights to the film. It will now hit theaters on October 11, 2024.
Billionaire Dan Snyder notably donated an unspecified amount of money via his Kinematics company under the assumption that The Apprentice would be a positive portrayal of Trump. Snyder was reportedly furious after seeing the movie and tried to block its release.
“Kinematics’ interest in the film was bought out, allowing the Briarcliff deal to move forward,” The Hollywood Reporter’s article notes.
Trump’s lawyers also sent a cease and desist letter to the producers of The Apprentice in May 2024 in an attempt to stop its release.
Along with Stan, The Apprentice stars Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn, Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump, Martin Donovan as Fred Trump, Ben Sullivan as Russell Eldridge, Charlie Carrick as Fred Trump Jr., Mark Rendall as Daniel Sullivan, and Joe Pingue as Anthony Salerno.
Daniel Bekerman, Jacob Jarek, Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, Abbasi, and Louis Tisné serve as producers on the movie. Executive producers include Amy Baer, Mark H. Rapaport, Emanuel Nunez, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Thorsten Schumacher, Levi Woodward, Niamh Fagan, Gabriel Sherman, Greg Denny, James Shani, Noor Alfallah, Andy Cohen, Andrew Frank, Neil Mathieson, Lee Broda, Blair Ward, Anders Erdén.
The Apprentice will be released in United States theaters on October 11, 2024. The film is expected to screen at various film festivals this fall prior to its nationwide release and an awards campaign is currently being organized.
