Melania Docuseries Coming to Amazon This Fall, Director Brett Ratner Confirms
Brett Ratner, director of Amazon Prime's "Melania" documentary, says two more chapters of a docuseries about Melania Trump are on the way — and they could arrive as soon as this autumn.
Ratner revealed the news in an Instagram post, writing that the next two instalments of a "MELANIA" docuseries are forthcoming. He tagged Muse Films and New Element Media, the production company of Fernando Sulichin, who produced the original documentary — suggesting the same creative team is involved (The Hollywood Reporter).
Marc Beckman, Melania Trump's senior advisor and longtime manager, offered more detail on the programme Real America's Voice. He said the docuseries is arriving this fall and described the new material as a "total different experience, completely new," with episodes that would show a side of the First Lady audiences have not yet seen (The Hollywood Reporter).
Amazon has not confirmed the project. The company did not respond to a request for comment from The Hollywood Reporter.
The docuseries appears to be the bonus footage that was originally supposed to accompany the feature documentary. Beckman previously told The Hollywood Reporter that Amazon's deal for "Melania" included at least two episodes of additional content set for release alongside the film. When "Melania" premiered on Amazon Prime on 9 March, those bonus episodes were nowhere to be found (The Hollywood Reporter).
The New York Times reported in January that Amazon's fee for the project covered a related docuseries scheduled to air at a later date (The New York Times). That timeline now appears to be this autumn, based on Beckman's on-air remarks.
Amazon paid roughly $75 million for "Melania," which grossed $16.6 million at the box office. According to Deadline, the documentary cost about $40 million to produce, plus another $35 million — figures that Ratner and Trump both defended when the spending drew scrutiny (Deadline). Amazon founder Jeff Bezos called the deal a "good business decision" in a May interview with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin (The Hollywood Reporter).
"Melania" topped Amazon Prime's streaming charts when it first appeared on the platform. The company did not disclose overall viewing figures, so the full audience size remains unknown.
What gives the docuseries its shape is the gap between promise and delivery. Amazon's deal reportedly included the extra episodes from the start, but they sat unreleased for five months after the film's premiere. Now Beckman is framing the new material as something distinct from the documentary rather than leftover footage — a fresh experience, in his words — which raises the question of whether the project evolved beyond its original scope or simply took longer to finish.
Neither Ratner nor Beckman specified an exact premiere date. With Amazon declining to comment, the autumn window is, for now, the only marker on the calendar.
