Posted on 02/11/2025 11:52:25 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Eight years ago, Hollywood proudly donned the mantle of anti-Trump resistance.
This time around, the industry’s reaction can best be summed up by the tale of two Trump films.
Just two weeks before President Trump’s inauguration, Amazon Prime Video made a unexpected announcement — the company would release a documentary about Melania Trump, with the first lady serving as an executive producer.
Meanwhile, another Trump-related movie — “The Apprentice” biopic that chronicles the current president’s rise to power decades ago — still has not secured a streaming deal, despite two Oscar nominations for lead actor (Sebastian Stan as Trump) and supporting actor (Jeremy Strong as New York legal pitbull Roy Cohn).
The contrasting fates show the more muted mood in liberal Hollywood. There is a general sense of unease among industry insiders about what’s to come, the speed with which Trump has enacted sweeping executive orders across the federal government — and the seeming buy-in from corporate leaders — and how that all could influence future creative content.
“I don’t think that people have really figured out what to do yet, how to express themselves or what’s going to be the most effective,” said Tom Nunan, co-head of the graduate producers program at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. “It’s hard to be creative when you’re afraid.”
Major Hollywood players were loathe to confront Trump, even before his election. Despite its much-anticipated debut in Cannes last May, “The Apprentice” struggled to lock down a domestic theatrical distributor, particularly after Trump’s then-presidential campaign threatened to file a lawsuit to stop the film.
“There was definitely reticence about getting involved with the movie after our Cannes premiere,” said Amy Baer, one of the film’s producers. “Enough to cool any potential interest we had.”
While some distributors...
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Elections have consequences, ladies.
Oh no they’re going to stop making men-are-idiots girl-boss movies?
How ever will the republic survive?
Much like the Democrats, Hollyweird is out of touch with real America and want to cater to the fringe.
No. McConaughey, Harrelson, Wahlberg, and Woods, have made Hollywood Studios obsolete. Films production has moved to Texas.
What? Hollywood is going to deliver an even more putrid product than the one that it is delivering now?
Maybe they’ll get chilly enough to put on some clothes.
In other words, they want to make money.
They have deep Chinese pockets to make hit movies with.
Mel Gibson and gang.
I bet there is an enormous pile of unused scripts featuring moral plots, Christian plots, Patriotic plots. Hollywood has been making so many re-makes and so many perversion celebrating movies that they haven’t made anything creative in years. They could dive into that pile of scripts focused on decency. The movies would be hugely successful. But I expect more remakes of classic films like “Goonies” and “Basic Instinct” instead.
Something is sending a chill down what passes for a spine in Hollywood?
Heh-heh-heh.
Like the revenue stream drying up was not enough of a signal about what America wants to see and enjoy. See they might, enjoy they don’t, and they don’t come back.
Awwwww! Poor babies.
Who cares about some chilling effect on Hollywood.
Anti-Trump is freedom, Anti-Biden is unheard of.
Hey Hollywood most normal women want to see heroic, unapologetic macho men in films again. This is not difficult to figure out!
Well, when stars that lean to our side starting being worth 200, 300, 400 million and I think Mel Gibson is worth HALF A BILLION..they can make a movie all on their own if they want.
Stallone, Wahlberg, McCoaughey, Gibson are combined, over a billion easily.
$1.4 Billion. I look them up. Slow day at work :)
Woods is a great actor but at a time before bazillions were being paid.
Poor slob is only worth 20 million :) I dont know how he gets by!
If they hadn’t gotten on their political high horses, the election of a president wouldn’t make any difference to their works. They put themselves in this bind through sheer arrogance and stupidity.
More WINNING!!!!
Among other things happening right now is a battle of the sexes. Woke women thought the world was theirs. This was reinforced through everything in our culture including billions (?) in advertising.
Sorry woketard byatches we are taking it away now go make supper.
There might be a window of opportunity opening for Christian and conservative writers in the film and publishing industry. For a couple of years people might have want to read and watch something other than what’s been produced during democrat administrations. Maybe.
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