EXCLUSIVE: Thecease-and-desist lettersent byDonald Trumps campaign to the makers ofThe Apprenticemight have cooled distributor interest in the former presidents coming-of-age tale, but now all bets are off.
The filmmakers and distributorBriarcliff Entertainmentare pulling out the stops to create awareness for the film and goad Trump to see it when it opens Friday on 1,740 screens in 50 states both red and blue.
In a stunt-y maneuver Wednesday, they hired a plane to fly a banner over the crowd at Reading, PA, right before a Trump rally.
This was done prior to the former president taking the stage and whipping his faithful into a frenzy, because of air traffic restrictions.
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Ali Abbasi, who directed Sebastian Stan as Trump, Jeremy Strong as his mentorRoy Cohnand Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump, has also made a standing offer to screenThe Apprenticefor Trump, though it is not exactly a spoiler alert to imagine this lacerating depiction will keep the movie off Trumps to-do list.
But hey, when youve got a movie that only recently firmed up its release plans in the heat of an incendiary presidential election campaign, you gotta try.
