Attorneys for earlier President Donald Trump have despatched a quit and desist letter to the producers of The Apprentice as the film proceeds to glance for U.S. backing.

The film, which a brief although ago had its earth premiere at the 2024 Cannes Movie Competition, stars Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump, Succession’s Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn, Trump’s mentor, Maria Bakalova as Ivanka Trump, and Martin Donovan as Fred Trump Sr. The biopic is directed by Ali Abbasi from a script designed by Gabriel Sherman.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film’s producers stand by the upcoming project irrespective of the letter, and say that the film hasn’t completed something incorrect to warrant any lawful intervention.

“The movie is a reasonable and well balanced portrait of the former president. We want everybody to see it and then make your mind up,” a agent for the film’s producers stated in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

Trump’s legal workforce has threatened lawsuits earlier

The letter is just one particular step of several that Trump’s group of lawyers have taken to attempt and avert the film from releasing. Previously, Trump’s presidential campaign had threatened lawsuits more than the upcoming film, one particular issue that Abbasi does not appear also concerned about.

“Everybody talks about him suing a whole lot of men and women — they really do not speak about his achievement price however, you know?” pointed out Abbasi for the duration of the Cannes press conference for the film.

“Set in a earth of corruption and deceit, The Apprentice will take a look at Trump’s attempts to develop his authentic estate organization in New York in the ’70s and ’80s, also digging into his connection with infamous legal professional Roy Cohn,” reads the synopsis. “It’s a mentor-protege tale that charts the origins of a significant American dynasty. Crammed with more substantial than existence characters, it reveals the ethical and human price tag of a culture outlined by winners and losers.”