just weeks before the 2024 US presidential election a new Donald Trump biopic is set to hit theaters and it's already causing a major stir the film titled The Apprentice dramatizes Trump's early career in 1970s and ' 80s New York it stars Sebastian Stan as a young Trump and Jeremy Strong as his mentor the infamous lawyer Roy con Trump's campaign has slammed the film's release as election interference by Hollywood Elites they've issued cease and desist letters calling it malicious defamation that doesn't even deserve a place in The Bargain Bin however the film's director Aliah Abasi has defended it saying certain power people in the US don't want audiences to see it the movie has already secured distribution in other countries but its US release on October 11th has become a flasho with its controversial portrayal of Trump's rise The Apprentice is poised to be one of the most talked about films of the election season love it or hate it this biopic is sure to make waves