Tariffs on Foreign Films—coming to a theater near you!

I know when I make a film about a story based in Europe, that I'm going to film it in Alabama.

Trumpy, you can do stupid things!

Sucks for Canada. Film/TV production, based around massive tax giveways to production companies, is like half of Vancouver's economy these days.

Right, because there's such an enormous unfair trade imbalance compared to the number of films we export. His idiocy knows no bounds.

What exactly would the tariff be put on?

He has no understanding whatsoever of business or trade. This is just a fuck-you to the entertainment industry.

This doesn't seem really targeted at foreign films, like Italian, French, Hindi films released in the US. This would instead go after instead US-produced films that were shot outside the US because of the tax regimes established in those places that provide often huge rebates for producing in that country. Australia, the UK, and Canada all provide rather large incentives for Hollywood to make films in those countries.

This would be a huge drag on the Hollywood studios and production companies (because they feast on those foreign tax subsidies) but would be one of the best things ever for the LA economy and the all the creative unions.

Jesus. National security threat? A threat to U.S. film industry jobs, sure. We know that. But national security.

[quote] Canada all provide rather large incentives for Hollywood to make films in those countries.

Maybe decades ago, today it’s because the talent pool in Canada is broad and deep and the film studio infrastructure is world class, and the lower dollar stretches a budget further.

Insanely stupid. Even if it was somehow legal for him to do this it’s effectively unenforceable.

R9 No not at all. British Columbia, for example, offers a 35% tax credit to all productions and I believe it is being increased to 40% this year.

If world class production infrastructure and crews were all that mattered BC and the other provinces wouldn't be offering the most generous tax credit packages in the world and definitely wouldn't be making them even more lavish for the studios.

European Street on the Universal backlot is going to be getting a lot of use this year.

Yeah but R11 Georgia and other states also provide similar tax incentives (in addition to having lower taxes than Canada to start with).

What next? Foreign rentboys?

That cotton candy hair in OP pic is disturbing.

Yeah r13 but that’s not the point. The post was in response to someone who incorrectly stated there are no tax breaks in BC. Pay attention.

Now do a tax on Slavic whores imported to service fat slobs! I dare ya!

R5, surely you remember Trump promising to double the cost of everyone’s Netflix subscription.

R15 He's looking like shit recently, moreso than usual.

[quote] The post was in response to someone who incorrectly stated there are no tax breaks in BC. Pay attention.

Oh, dear R16! Speaking of not paying attention, re-read what I wrote at R9 and tell me where I state there are no tax breaks in BC.

Gist my good man, gist.

It's not going to happen. He's just rambling and getting satisfaction out of people overreacting. It's the only thing that can possibly get him hard anymore.

I trust R11 over R9

Oh man, the Hallmark Channel is gonna go through some things.

Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is estimated to cost $250 million to make, and all of the production appears to be in the UK, Morocco, and Sicily. Matt Damon may need to go to Mar-a-Lago to beg for an exemption.

No one knows how the movie tariffs would work yet. Would it be a tariff tax on every ticket sold? Or would the 100% tariff require The Odyssey to pay an additional $250 million up front before it can be shown in the US? Mel Gibson and Jon Voight are Hollywood ambassadors to the White House, so maybe they will figure this all out.

I'm putting a tariff on any movie that doesn't star Mel Gibson, James Woods, or Scott Baio

They’re nudies!

This could honestly be a win for the Los Angeles economy.

He's probably responding to the recent headlines.

You think other countries aren't going to slap reciprocal tarrifs on Hollywood products, r28?

Mel Gibson should be VERY interested in the threat of these tariffs since he will begin filming the sequel to The Passion of the Christ this year.

[quote] The sequel to "The Passion of the Christ," titled "The Resurrection of the Christ," is scheduled to be filmed at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. It will also be filmed in rural locations in Southern Italy, including Altamura, Ginosa, Gravina Laterza, and Matera, according to Variety. Filming is expected to begin in August 2025. (Google AI)

I think China has already stopped importing US movies, but the US film industry gets a huge amount of its revenues from overseas ticket sales. If other countries retaliate, Hollywood could be hard hit. Plus the whole services issue, as the guy below mentions.

That's it. I'm changing the location to downtown LA and parts of Arizona. Done and done.

Gibson could easily film that in Southern California or Arizona.

[Quote] Trumpy, you can do stupid things!

^ MST3K fans, represent!

R29 Canada basically does not have an independent TV or film industry - it is completely tied up with Hollywood. They really do not have any way to fight back. Replace American film production with Chinese? Fill the cinemas with exclusively Canadian-financed films (there are about 10 made a year) ?

Deadline and Variety are asking if this also applies to streaming productions, and if Netflix and other streamers are in a world of hurt.

The fact that he's calling this a national security matter means he thinks he can manifest this into being by executive order.

I'm so sick of this shit. But hey, enjoy the facist state you voted for, morons.

Gawd, he's such a moron. Just die already.

Such an idiot and such an embarrassment for you guys.

No more foreign plays on Broadway! That guy Shakespeare? Forget it!

So in the last 24 hours he has demanded the reopening of Alcatraz, tariffs on foreign made films, a $45 million military parade, decreed that “beautiful baby girls” should have only 3 dolls and 5 pencils, claims he “doesn’t know” if he needs to uphold the Constitution…did he double his Adderall dose or something? Can’t someone shoot him with an elephant dart?

Let’s not gorget the foreign box office dollars the US will lose as the rest of the world boycotts your films.

(Or at least watches them via torrent/illegal download)

I bet Tom Cruise hearing this news is freaking him out. I bet his freaky intensity going to the Oval Office would look like a Tom Cruise movie. ……. I’m tired - you know what I mean. Will he be Jerry McGuire or Mitch McDeate?

Let's get down to what's really important. How is this going to affect Bel Ami and Latin Leche?

It's all to distract the media from reporting on the impending disaster of the Trump economy, R42.

The film industry would do well to just completely ignore this and have some key figures become signatories on the existing lawsuits against Trump that rightly state the POTUS has no authority over setting tariffs. This power only lies with Congress.

People need to start ignoring this bullshit. Also, this just reeks of sour grapes from Trump because he’s never been a member of the Hollywood Club.

He’s going to get his ass handed to him by the major studios and the corporate conglomerates that own them.

R42, he really thinks he’s a king.

R38, executive orders are not law. The media is guilty of treating each one of these things as a royal proclamation, giving them weight and attention they do not deserve.

An executive order is the statement of intention to act. It is not a law nor does it supersede the law or the Constitution. People need to start ignoring these things until they take a more substantial form.

[quote]No more foreign plays on Broadway! That guy Shakespeare? Forget it!

I thought there was already a tariff on Othello.

Srsly, surely all Trump had to do was work with California to provide the same kind of incentives other countries do, if the objective is to keep the industry in LA? Mind you, an issue he may not be able to counter as easily is the amount of talent, in front of and especially behind the cameras, that comes from the other English-speaking countries in the first place. Most of them would rather work at home than in La La Land.

[QUOTE]Srsly, surely all Trump had to do was work with California

Are you srs? Work with California?

It's all part of the retribution tour. The movie industry has not been good to him ,so he is taking his revenge. Everything is about revenge.

Apparently the movie "Escape from Alcatraz" with Clint Eastwood was broadcast on the local television channel in Palm Beach last night. So that's how he makes his decisions.

Can someone show him a film about the last days of Hitler?

I’m ready for my closeup, Mr. Trump

Cowboy tariffs at midnight

When I ponder the world's premier economic strategists, I inevitably think of Jon Voight. Why, he's right up there with Peter Navarro as a galactic-level genius.

Jon Voight is the John Maynard Keynes of Crazytown

Trump's full answer transcribed: Well, I guess I was supposed to be a movie maker. We're talking—we started with the movie making and will end. I mean, it—it represents something very strong, very powerful in terms of law and order. Our country needs law and order.

"The Apprentice" was a Canadian/Danish/Irish/US co-production.

R61 Facts don't matter. Just like buy American is a joke since all of Trump's merchandise is made in China and Vietnam.

Although I'm withholding final judgement until Chachi weighs in, here's the perspective of Trade Ambassador Kirk Cameron.

Love that Kirk Cameron quote! He probably doesn't care if all our movies look like AI videos.

The law that Trump is citing to propose these tariffs specifically EXCLUDES its application for film / cultural products

"Hollywood used to contribute to the moral fabric of our society" ... at the same time as we see explosions on the screen behind him.

R63 & R64 - fundies , through the Republicans, can also use AI to change parts of movies or TV shows they find objectionable.

[quote]The law that Trump is citing to propose these tariffs specifically EXCLUDES its application for film / cultural products

Thank goodness Trump has a history of slavish devotion to the letter of the law.

Jennifer Aniston needs to put a stop to this.

Donald now says that he will meet with studio reps to see what they want tariff-wise:

[quote] Donald Trump told reporters that there will be a meeting with entertainment industry representatives, as he and White House officials took a more cautious tone to his proposal for a 100% tariff on movie imports.

[quote] “I’m not looking to hurt the industry; I want to help the industry,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We’re going to meet with the industry. I want to make sure they’re happy with it, because we’re all about jobs.” (Deadline.com)

US dollar is worth $1.30ish in Canada and tax credits - could be difficult to beat.

R70, I hope they tell him to fuck off

I was supposed to do a film in Atlanta last autumn, I was personally invited by the director and a personal request of the lead. 5 months prior to pre-production, they told me that they decamped to London and saved $10 million (on a $75 mil budget). They told the lead that it would cost $200,000 for me to work there (business class, lodging, car service, per diem, and union pay, wihich is 3x what the locals make). And I have been with this production company since its inception for 12 years.

Then I was told London was too expensive to film now- they're going to Ireland (Soulm8te).

They’re all laughing at you!

And they lied.

[quote] Jennifer Aniston needs to put a stop to this.

She's busy

Keira Knightley

Gavin has lost any shred of dignity he once had. What a tool.

Dad, how could you?

So dumb.

R72, I suspect they already have. Hence, the climb down.

I mean. he could’ve consulted with Steve Bannon and Steve Mnuchin, no lie, two former film producers. I’m sure they would’ve told him to stay out of it.

Maybe Angelina can polish Donald's helmet to put the kibosh on her daddy's idea? How does the other prostitution whore in the mix, Melania, feel about this?

R25

[QUOTE] Matt Damon may need to go to Mar-a-Lago to beg for an exemption.

This whole thing could have begun as a shakedown.

R39

[quote]Gawd, he's such a moron. Just die already.

Do you believe all protests have to be non-violent?

R45

[quote]I bet Tom Cruise hearing this news is freaking him out.

Cruise could turn Scientology on him. They are good at infiltrating places, collecting oppo and other information.

R69

[quote] Jennifer Aniston needs to put a stop to this.

I wonder if Hollywood has a woman who would take one for the team and be so desirable for Trump that he'll forget the whole thing.

The goal is for the Trump camp to throw a barrage of various information out there continuously, some nonsense, some serious, so it becomes next to impossible to react to it. This is the Russia method as well.