EXCLUSIVE: Hated. Adored. By no means ignored. An formidable, big-budget film biopic about Donald Trump is within the works from Ferrari and To The Bone producer Andrea Iervolino.
Prolific Italian producer Iervolino might be on the Cannes market speaking to potential companions with an purpose to shoot on the finish of 2025 within the U.S. Iervolino is aiming to corral an enormous funds for the venture with a $100M tag being floated. Forged has but to be set.
We perceive the movie might be “kinder” to POTUS than The Apprentice, the Oscar-nominated biopic starring Jeremy Sturdy and Sebastian Stan. Trump’s workforce famously took umbrage at that film and tried to have it blocked from launch round this time a yr in the past.
The Andrea Iervolino Firm’s description of the venture is “a significant new biographical movie centered on the life and legacy of Donald J. Trump — actual property mogul, tv icon, and forty fifth and forty seventh President of the USA.” It’s not clear if Iervolino has reached out to Trump’s workforce.
Iervolino says collaborators on the venture embody Keya Morgan, the previous Stan Lee supervisor who turned embroiled in a high-profile authorized dispute with the comics icon’s daughter. Morgan is a Trump fan. His imdb web page at the moment lists Donald Trump Jr as a consumer.
Andrea Iervolino commented: “Whether or not one agrees or disagrees along with his politics, there’s no denying Donald Trump’s influence on the trendy period. As a producer, I’m excited by exploring the deeper story of the person — the rise, the challenges, the resilience. Our objective is to ship a movie that’s daring, balanced, and artistically formidable.”
Iervolino’s biopics thus far embody Ferrari, Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend, Maserati: The Brothers, and The Music of Silence about singer Andrea Bocelli (Trump is a giant fan of the tenor). He’s quickly to enter manufacturing on Al Pacino film Captivated in regards to the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III.
Trump and his entourage stay fertile floor for the business. Prime Video has stumped up prime greenback to make a Brett Ratner documentary about Melania Trump. Alex Gibney is lining up Elon Musk documentary Musk.
