Overview
- Allen recounted that at a dinner with Donald and Melania Trump around 2014–15, Trump said he was considering moving to Los Angeles to become a movie producer.
- After Allen outlined that studios can sink roughly double a film’s budget into marketing and still lose money if sales lag, he says Trump decided not to pursue producing.
- Allen quoted Trump comparing a flop film to a bad real-estate deal, noting a building remains an asset whereas a failed movie does not.
- Allen and Maher both described Trump as a good listener, with Maher referencing his own White House dinner last March to support that view.
- The Independent cited November reports that Paramount was developing Rush Hour 4 and attributed the push to Trump, a claim not confirmed by Trump and presented as prior reporting.