Amazon Mulls ‘Apprentice’ Reboot With Donald Trump Jr. as Host

Amazon is reportedly considering a reboot of the “The Apprentice” with Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., hosting the new iteration.

The Jeff Bezos-led company appears to be doubling down on its relationship with the Trumps after buying First Lady Melania Trump’s documentary, “Melania,” as a new report from the Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon executives are in the midst of talking about an “Apprentice” reboot. 

Per the outlet, discussions surrounding the potential “Apprentice” reboot are in “the early stages.” Specifically, the Wall Street Journal highlighted that Amazon hasn’t even approached the Trumps yet about the show — but the hope is that the competition series would live on Amazon Prime Video.

A spokesperson for Amazon told the outlet, “Since our acquisition of MGM, we have had preliminary internal discussions about what’s next for ‘The Apprentice’ as a property.’”

The spokesperson also told the outlet that the reboot in-question isn’t in active development, nor has any possible host been selected.

The elder Trump notably hosted the competition series — which saw contestants compete for a job within the president’s organization — for 14 seasons on NBC. The show was wildly successful, prompting a celebrity-centric spinoff, titled “The Celebrity Apprentice,” which ran for eight seasons between 2008 and 2017. Arnold Schwarzenegger hosted the final season of the “The New Celebrity Apprentice” after Trump’s 2015 firing for the comments he made about Mexican immigrants during his presidential announcement.

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