By Selena Kuznikov

The first trailer for the Donald Trump biopic "The Apprentice," starring Sebastian Stan as the businessman and former U.S. president, has been released. The film follows Trump's rise to fame and his time learning from influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn, played by Jeremy Strong.

According to the logline, the film is "a dive into the underbelly of American empire." Director Ali Abbasi's feature, written by Gabe Sherman, also stars Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump and Martin Donovan as Fred Trump Sr. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

Set in 1970s America, the film centers on Trump's relationship with Cohn, who served as lead counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army-McCarthy hearings. Cohn rose to prominence as a prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice during the espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, which led to their execution in 1953.