Amazon is producing Melania Trump documentary

Amazon Prime Video will direct a documentary about Melania Trump. rush hour Director Brett Ratner, reporting manifold. A Prime Video spokesperson told the outlet that the film will be an “unprecedented behind-the-scenes look” at the first lady.

The news comes after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had dinner with Donald Trump, who has been highly critical of the company during his first term. It also follows Bezos and Amazon’s decision to donate $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund, as did other tech CEOs such as Apple’s Tim Cook and OpenAI’s Sam Altman. Prime Video will also broadcast Trump’s inauguration ceremony live.

The film is Ratner’s first major Hollywood project since 2017, when several women accused him of sexual harassment and another accused him of rape. manifold memo. He denied the allegations, but parted ways with Warner Bros.

Ratner has notable ties to the Trumps, including a previous partnership with Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. He also filmed the 2011 film. tower heist He primarily stays at the Trump International Hotel & Tower and has been known to be active in the Mar-a-Lago social scene since leaving Hollywood life.

Amazon’s Melania Trump documentary has already begun filming and is scheduled for a theatrical and streaming release in the second half of this year. manifold write.