Usually private, Melania Trump steps into the spotlight after the midterm election
The two new Prime Video episodes will stream Nov. 20 and include unseen footage of her roles as wife, mother and first lady.
- Amazon announced it will release a two-part docuseries, "Melania, the Series," on Prime Video on Nov. 20, extending a partnership that began when it paid $40 million for the original documentary about Melania Trump.
- The original documentary cost Amazon a reported $75 million, factoring in $35 million in marketing, according to the New York Times, yet earned only $16.6 million in theaters.
- Critics panned the original film as "shallow, sycophantic," while Variety correspondent Daniel D'Addario described the upcoming series as having a "grim civic-duty feel." The episodes feature Melania Trump preparing for her husband's inauguration.
- Following Nov. 3 election losses, industry expert Matthew Belloni reported a "seismic backlash against Elon, Zuckerberg, Bezos, and their fellow Big Tech overlords." Democrats are expected to launch corruption investigations into these corporate ties.
- With Trump having "lost control of the national conversation," D'Addario said tech moguls may "care less about trying to make him happy." Amazon maintains it licensed the content because "customers are going to love them.
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