Donald Trump movie ‘The Apprentice’ New on digital streaming this week

On November 2, 2024By Littum

Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan in “The Apprentice”.

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The apprentice—a biopic starring Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump—is new to digital streaming this week.

The apprentice debuted at the 77th Cannes International Film Festival in May and opened in theaters on October 11. The official logline for The apprentice reads: “The story of how a young Donald Trump started his real estate business in 1970s and 80s New York with a helping hand from infamous lawyer Roy M. Cohn.”

Jeremy Strong plays Roy Cohn in The apprentice. The film also stars Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump and Martin Donovan as Fred Trump.

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Sore Prime video, The apprentice will debut on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Friday, November 1 at 12 ET for $24.99, which is the movie’s purchase price.

The apprentice is also ready for pre-order on VOODOO and Apple TV. It is unclear whether the film will be available for rent on PVOD. Digital rental prices are typically $5 less, so viewers can expect to rent The apprentice for $19.99 for a 48-hour period if a PVOD rental option is available.

Donald Trump (L), owner of the New Jersey Generals, of the US Football League, said 10/18 his … (+) the league’s $1.32 billion antitrust suit against the National Football League will break “one of the great monopolies in the country.” On the right is his lawyer Roy Cohn.

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How did Stan approach his portrayal of Trump?

In an interview with USA today before the publication of The apprentice in cinemas, Sebastian Stan – who has starred as the Winter Soldier in Avengers movie as well as Tommy Lee in the Hulu series Pam and Tommy-talked about how he delved into the process of playing the young version of future US President Donald Trump.

“How do you take on the most famous person in the world? Someone that people feel so strongly about and that everyone has an impression of?” Stan told USA today. “I was assured (by director Ali Abbasi that) there was something underneath all the noise that was important to explore. Namely, why do people do what they do?”

The 2024 Republican presidential candidate slammed The apprentice as “fake and classless” on his Truth Social account after the film was released in theaters.

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“It’s a cheap, defamatory and politically odious hatchet job released right before the 2024 presidential election to try to damage the largest political movement in our country’s history,” read one part of Trump’s Truth Social post.

Per The The numbers, The apprentice has earned $3.5 million during its North American theatrical run and nearly $2 million in international box office sales for a worldwide box office of $5.5 million against a production budget of $16 million.

Rotten tomatoes critics combined gave the film an 81% “fresh” rating based on 210 reviews, while the film received an 84% “fresh” RT Audience score based on more than 500 verified user reviews.

Rated R, The apprentice will debut on PVOD on Friday.

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Note: This story has been updated with information confirming the November 1 release date.