Filming has began on a feature length documentary film directed by Rush Hour franchise director Brett Ratner, set for a global theatrical and streaming release, that will deliver what Amazon Prime Studios called an “unprecedented behind-the-scenes look” at the life of First Lady Melania Trump.
Fox News Digital reports the project is expected to be released internationally in the second half of 2025 by Amazon Prime.
The outlet notes filming for the upcoming documentary began in December 2024.
“We are excited to share this truly unique story with our millions of customers around the world,” an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement seen by Fox News.
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump arrives at a roundtable on sickle cell disease in the State Dining Room of the White House on September 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
US First Lady Melania Trump visits the Giza Pyramids on October 6, 2018, during the final stop of her week-long trip through four countries in Africa. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
First Lady Melania Trump attends a garden party for families of staff from No.10 and the US Embassy in London, at 10 Downing Street, during the second day of President Trump’s State Visit on June 4, 2019 in London, England. (Ben Stansall – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
The announcement comes just weeks before Melania Trump returns to the White House to reprise her role as first lady of the United States of America.
It also follows the successful release of her first-ever book, Melania.
The memoir presents an intimate portrait of Melania Trump and includes personal stories and family photos she had not previously shared with the public and is already a runaway success.
She said writing her memoir has been an incredible journey.
“Writing my memoir has been an amazing journey filled with emotional highs and lows,” she said. “Each story shaped me into who I am today.”
Now a film about her life and travels will add to that feeling of personal accomplishment.
Flashback/Original Caption/Portrait of American real estate developer Donald Trump and his girlfriend, model Melania Knauss (later Trump), as they smile during a New Year’s party at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 31st December 2004. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump and the first lady Melania Trump dance at the Liberty Ball at the Washington DC Convention Center following Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th President of the United States, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2017. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
The film will also be a departure away from how Melania Trump was covered during her husband’s first term in office. A former model herself, she was never featured on the cover of a major magazine as First Lady and was instead largely ignored by an establishment media often hostile to her husband’s administration.
