At ‘Melania’ Premiere, Brett Ratner And The First Lady Defend Cost Of Amazon MGM Documentary

January 30, 2026 Deadline

At the splashy Kennedy Center premiere for Melania, the Amazon MGM documentary opening this weekend, the movie’s director, Brett Ratner, and First Lady Melania Trump defended the cost of the project, reportedly $40 million to make and another $35 to market. “I think it’s silly because there’s a feature film and three episodes,” Ratner told […]