“Melania” producer Marc Beckman on Monday said that a new documentary series on first lady Melania Trump is coming this fall, despite the first outing earlier this year grossing $16.6 million worldwide — after costing Amazon MGM a staggering $75 million.
Beckman appeared on the conservative media network Real America’s Voice, telling host Eric Bolling that the series will provide “a completely different look at her world” than “Melania,” which sits at a rather poor aggregated film critic score of 10% on Rotten Tomatoes.
“You might remember, if you saw the film, we only captured 20 days of the first lady’s life,” said Beckman, one of her key advisers. “We open the window a little bit into her private life, her marriage, her family. We open a little deeper into her career, as well as her philanthropy.” Beckman went on to claim rather confidently that this upcoming effort will be “a full new experience for the viewers” and give audiences a glimpse at “what happens right at the beginning of the new 47th presidential administration” of her husband, President Donald Trump. In June, Mike Hopkins, head of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, confirmed the docuseries. “It did really well,” he told Variety’s “Strictly Business” podcast of the initial film. “We’ll have another bite at the apple when we release the companion docuseries later this year.”
