Amazon Prime to release Melania Trump documentary

Amazon announced Sunday that it will release a “behind the scenes” documentary about Melania Trump’s life on its streaming service Prime Video.

The film will be released in theaters in the second half of this year and streamed on Amazon Prime, the company said in a statement. Mrs. Trump will serve as executive producer on the documentary, which began filming in December, the month after her husband, Donald J. Trump, won the presidential election.

Amazon said it was “excited to share this truly unique story.”

The company and its founder, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, had a rocky relationship with Trump during his first term as president. But in recent months, Amazon and Bezos have taken steps to fix that. The tech giant said last month: Donate $1 million to the next president’s inaugural fundparticipation Mehta and other Silicon Valley executives Write a check to the founding committee. Bezos is “very optimistic” about Trump’s new term and is eager to work with the administration to reduce regulations.

During his first term as president, Trump criticized Bezos for the newspaper’s political coverage and questioned whether the U.S. Postal Service was charging Amazon too little for shipping. Amazon is now Trump accused of putting ‘undue pressure’ on the Pentagon This is to refuse a cloud computing contract with the company.

Amazon now appears to be turning the page.

October, Post He said he would stop supporting presidential candidates.was Bezos’ decision, and Vice President Kamala Harris’ supporting letter, which had already been drafted, was not made public. Mr. Bezos defended his decisionsaid the newspaper’s endorsement “creates a perception of bias.”

Last week, Post cartoonist Ann Ternas said: she said she was resigning The paper’s opinion column rejected a cartoon depicting Bezos and three other tech executives kneeling before a statue of Trump and offering the president-elect a bag of money. The Post’s opinion editor, David Shipley, said the cartoon was rejected because the section runs a column on the same topic and had already scheduled another column. He said he asked Ternaes to rescind his resignation, saying “the only prejudice was against repetition.”

Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment about its efforts to forge a closer relationship with Trump. President Trump’s transition team also did not respond to requests for comment.

Mrs. Trump has recently shown a willingness to share details of her life with the public. Last year she published memoir It chronicled her career as a model, her marriage to Trump, and her time in the White House. It reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Her role as the documentary’s executive producer suggests she will have some influence on how the documentary depicts her life.

Brett Ratner, director and producer of films such as “Rush Hour” and “The Revenant,” will direct the documentary. Mr. Ratner has kept a low profile in recent years after questions arose about his actions. In 2011 he resigned as co-producer of the Oscars It was aired after he used an anti-gay slur at a public event. In 2017, Mr. Ratner be accused of sexual misconduct He claims he denied what the six women wrote in an article published by the Los Angeles Times.

Amazon, which has exclusive rights to the film about Mrs. Trump, said it would reveal details about the project once filming progresses and release plans are complete.