{"id":30897,"date":"2026-08-07T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30897"},"modified":"2026-08-07T09:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:00:37","slug":"melania-trump-is-giving-documentaries-another-try-despite-her-films-flop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30897","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump Is Giving Documentaries Another Try Despite Her Film\u2019s Flop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap body dropcap\">For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/melania-trump\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Melania Trump<\/a>, a flop isn\u2019t a reason to give up. Despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/melania-trump-movie-review\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">disappointing results<\/a> of her first documentary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/melania-trump-documentary-premiere-kennedy-center\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\"><em>Melania<\/em><\/a>\u2014which reportedly grossed just under $17 million, while Amazon MGM Studios reportedly spent nearly $75 million\u2014the First Lady has decided to try again.<\/p>\n<p>This time, it\u2019s a multi-episode documentary series, expected to premiere on Prime Video next fall. The announcement was made by Marc Beckman, Melania\u2019s exclusive senior advisor, during a Real America\u2019s Voice appearance. While the first film followed the former model for about 20 days, offering a glimpse into \u201cher private life, her marriage, her family,\u201d per Beckman, this new series promises a \u201ccompletely different\u201d approach. Viewers will get a behind-the-scenes look at the early days of the 47th presidential administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">This new project is expected to resonate with Melania\u2019s most loyal admirers, particularly among her supporters in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Florida<\/a>. The first documentary, in fact, earned a 99% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, driven largely by her most ardent followers. Around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/mar-a-lago\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Mar-a-Lago<\/a> in Palm Beach, where Donald Trump has owned his famous estate since 1985, the presidential couple maintains a particularly loyal base of fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Conversely, the documentary received a lukewarm reception from many critics, who called it \u201csuperficial\u201d and \u201cinterminably boring.\u201d Will the series format help win over a wider audience? Will critics be more forgiving this time around? One thing seems certain, at any rate: Melania Trump can count on the support of her most loyal admirers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><em>Originally published in<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.fr\/article\/melania-trump-nouveau-documentaire-serie\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Vanity Fair France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Melania Trump, a flop isn\u2019t a reason to give up. Despite the disappointing results of her first documentary, Melania\u2014which reportedly grossed just under $17 million, while Amazon MGM Studios reportedly spent nearly $75 million\u2014the First Lady has decided to try again. This time, it\u2019s a multi-episode documentary series, expected to premiere on Prime Video&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a74d1f7943b3b8ffac21e2f\/16:9\/w_1280,c_limit\/Melania%20Trump-2280431613.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-gossip"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}