#orange foolius

Jack Dunn and Brent Lang at Variety:

Donald Trump took to Truth Social Sunday to announce he is “authorizing” the Department of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to impose a 100% tariff on “any and all” movies produced in “foreign lands.” In a move that sent shockwaves through Hollywood, Trump deemed foreign productions a “national security threat” to the American movie industry, adding that they not only draw filmmakers out to other markets but also bring “messaging and propaganda” into the United States. “The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death,” Trump wrote. “Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda! Therefore, I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands. WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!” [...] As Trump’s social media comment suggests, many Hollywood productions have moved to Canada and overseas to countries including the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and Hungary because they offer compelling financial incentives that help lower budgets. But movies also shoot internationally because they want to film in exotic locations, something that applies to globe-trotting franchises such as James Bond and “Fast and Furious.” The tariffs are being announced a week before Hollywood decamps for the Cannes Film Festival, where many U.S. productions are looking to sell foreign distribution rights and where film packages involving top talent are hoping to secure studio backing. Studio executives will convene in the Riviera facing an avalanche of questions from their foreign colleagues, who may be more reticent to do business. It was not immediately known whether Trump’s statement could also apply to films produced by other countries and shown in the U.S.

The Orange Foolius’s plan to implement 100% tariffs on films produced outside of the US is grossly insane, and many films use non-US locations to film due to cost and the promise for exotic locations.

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