Trump Biopic ‘The Apprentice’ Surpasses Kickstarter Goal Within A Day – Update

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UPDATED, 1:57 p.m.: Within a day of launching a Kickstarter campaign in hopes of expanding Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice‘s distribution potential, the filmmakers have exceeded their goal.

While the team behind the hot-button Ali Abbasi film had initially sought $100,000, which would help them get the film in front of as many viewers as possible, they’ve received $139,063 as of this writing from 2,040 backers, with 25 days to go in the campaign.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter) to celebrate, Abbasi wrote, “Wow we crushed our kickstarter target in one day! Apparently people DO want to see #TheApprentice in cinemas.” While Briarcliff Entertainment will handle The Apprentice‘s pre-election U.S.

release, as we were first to tell you, there had been some uncertainty around the awards prospect’s distribution prospects amid a dispute with Kinematics, the financier backed by Trump supporter Dan Snyder, who reportedly took issue with the film’s depiction of the former President.