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THE APPRENTICE

Prod Co: Gidden Media

Location: Toronto

Writer: Gabriel Sherman

Producer: Amy Baer

Director: Ali Abbasi

Logline: The story ot how a young Donald Trump started his real estate business in New York during the 1970s and ·sos and his relationship with infamous attorney Roy Cohn.

Cast: Sebastian Stan [DONALD TRUMP: Attached], Jeremy Strong [ROY COHN: Attached], Maria Bakalova [IVANA: Attached]

Roles:

DONALD TRUMP: Young businessman in NYC who has grown up under the shadow of his real estate father. Comes across as confident - but underneath is insecure and broken. A dreamer. Thinks big- and gets the deal no matter what it does to others. Not in the business to make friends. Likes blonde women. A playboy. Lives the "high life." Attached Sebastian Stan

ROY COHN: Lawyer. Plays by his own rules - and plays brutally and in morally ambiguous ways. Smart. Confident. Strong-willed. Knows how to play the game. Takes on Trump as his client and helps make him the man he is today. Bisexual. Attached Jeremy Strong

IVANA: Attractive. Model. Eastern European. Blonde. Becomes Trump's Female first wife. Plays hard to get. Business focused. Wants to be treated fairly by Trump. Plays though. Attached Maria Bakalova

FRED TRUMP: Donald's father. Tough. Aggressive. Cold. Hard to please. Teaches Donald much of what he knows about business.

FREDDIE TRUMP: Donald's older brother. Supportive of Donald, An alcoholic who never quite gets his life together. Dies of alcoholism.

RUSSELL: Roy Cohn's former lover. Right-hand man. Looks out for Roy's interests. Later dies of AIDS.


Update: Bakalova is now attached, Jeremy Strong is replacing Oscar Isaac who was not able to do it. And filming starts this week.