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The Times business reporter Samantha Masunaga reported that the return of President Donald Trump to Power caused a gloomy paradigm shift in Hollywood.
In a piece headed, “Trump will have a chilling effect on Hollywood? Experts say it’s already happening,” Masunaga wrote These two films indicate how times have changed. The writer contrasts the recent documentary about the first lady Melania Trump, who produced, with a critical biographical film by Trump, “the apprentice.” The documentary will be launched by Amazon Prime Video, while “The Apprentice”, according to reports, has had problems to obtain a distribution agreement.
“The contrasting destinations show the mood most off in Hollywood Liberal,” argued the writer of the Times. “There is a general sensation of restlessness among industry experts about what is to come, the speed with which Trump has promulgated broad executive orders throughout the federal government, and the apparent acceptance of corporate leaders, and how that could influence the future creative content “
A reason why “the apprentice” may have had problems finding a distributor is because Trump’s campaign threatened a lawsuit in 2024 about “blatantly false statements of these simulated filmmakers.”
President -elect Donald Trump points out in Americafest, Sunday, December 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuors)
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“There was definitely reluctance about getting involved with the film after our Cannes premiere,” said Amy Baer, one of the film’s producers, Times. “Enough to cool any potential interest we had.”
He added that while some distributors denied immediately, others “have moved away politely.”
While the film was finally collected by Briarcliff Entertainment, the film only had a few weeks to organize its theatrical release and advertising campaign before the 2024 elections.
Masunaga recalled how Amazon, according to the reports, paid $ 40 million to license the melania Trump documentary, and that the Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, refused that the Washington Post supported a candidate in the 2024 elections.
“The observers saw the two actions as linked, an attempt to do a favor of the new administration, and a very much disagree with the way in which the entertainment industry increased a public resistance against Trump’s first presidency,” Masunaga suggested.
Tom Nunan, co-head of the Postgraduate Producers program at the UCLA Theater, Cinema and Television School, told them. half That Hollywood is still staggering from the return to Trump’s power.
A helicopter performs a water drop, as smoke and flames rise from the fire of sunset in the hills overlooking the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 8, 2025. (Reuters/David Swanson)
“I don’t think people really discovered what to do yet, how to express themselves or what will be the most effective,” he said. “It’s hard to be creative when you are afraid.”
Nunan also argued that Trump has been a “turning point” or “force multiplier” for particularly liberal people in the industry who were already fighting with the current deceleration of Hollywood in production.
“Simply a feeling of defeat has impregnated this place,” he told La Times. “And it’s really unfortunate.”
Steve Caplan, the main strategist of the communications firm based in Los Angeles Message, argued that Recent fires in Los Angeles They have also grated the mood in Hollywood.
“At this time with the crisis and fires, there is a bit of fatigue and certainly a little shock of shells for the speed with which the Trump administration has launched some of its proposals,” he told the local news store. “But people will take a balance as half of the exams and governor’s career approach.”
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However, the entertainment industry is at this time sailing for a “difficult environment,” he said.
“If you observe the direction that things go, and strategic decisions that are taking marks of all kinds, companies of all kinds, it would indicate that it is a very difficult environment to do these things,” he told La Times. “We will see if the creative and content are part of that, but the first indications are that it will be a challenge.”
