Studiocanal Takes UK & Ireland For Ali Abbasi’s Cannes Title ‘The Apprentice’

Studiocanal has acquired UK and Ireland rights for Ali Abbasi’s Cannes Palme d’Or contender The Apprentice.

Billed as an exploration of the underbelly of U.S. politics, the biographical film stars Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump, Jeremy Strong as firebrand Roy Cohn, Martin Donovan as Fred Trump Sr, and Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump.

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The film is produced by Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films, Jacob Jarek for Profile Pictures, Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde for Tailored Films, and Abbasi and Louis Tisné for Film Institute.

Executive Producers are Amy Baer, Mark H. Rapaport, Emanuel Nunez, Josh Marks, Grant S. Johnson, Phil Hunt and Compton Ross, Thorsten Schumacher, Niamh Fagan, Gabe Sherman, Lee Broda, James Shani, Andrew Frank and Greg Denny.

Rocket Science are handling International Sales on the project, which was financed by Kinematics, Head Gear Films, Screen Ireland, Film i Vast, The Danish Film Institute and National Bank of Canada.

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