It appears to be like like The Apprentice could also be making a comeback.
The Wall Road Journal reported that Amazon is in talks a couple of doable reboot of “The Apprentice,” the truth present that Donald Trump hosted earlier than coming into politics and turning into president of america.
Negotiations are reportedly within the early phases, however the Trump household has not but been approached concerning the concept. Sources additionally informed the Journal that Amazon executives have indicated internally that Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., might host the reboot.
“Since buying MGM, we’ve got had preliminary discussions internally about what to do subsequent with ‘The Apprentice’ as an asset,” an Amazon spokesperson informed the Journal. Additionally they revealed that the potential reboot isn’t in lively improvement.
The Hollywood Reporter has contacted Amazon for extra info and has additionally reached out to the White Home for remark.
Trump hosted the truth present for 14 seasons from 2004 to 2015. “The Apprentice” adopted the forged as they competed for jobs as apprentices to businessmen.
Amazon co-owns the rights to “The Apprentice” with Trump’s manufacturing firm, Trump Productions. The present initially aired on NBC and was produced by Trump Productions and Mark Burnett Productions, which was acquired by MGM in 2014. In fact, Amazon then purchased MGM.
The present has been out of manufacturing for greater than a decade, however Amazon streams reruns of the present, and the present has been bought to syndication and syndicated streaming for years.
The present nonetheless generates him a six-figure annual wage, with royalties starting from $100,000 to $1 million in 2024, in response to a duplicate of Trump’s monetary disclosure paperwork seen by THR. The determine doesn’t embrace the worth of the present itself, which it says is “not readily verifiable” in Trump’s kind.
Amazon MGM beforehand partnered with the Trump household when it acquired the documentary movie “Melania” for $40 million and spent an extra $35 million on the movie’s world advertising marketing campaign. The movie grossed $16.6 million after a better-than-expected $7.2 million opening in January.
