Posted on 05/05/2025 12:48:12 PM PDT by sphinx
“This makes no sense,” a U.K. producer railed. “It implies that a U.S. film is meant to shoot in the U.S. But the ‘Harry Potter’ films, ‘Lord Of The Rings,’ ‘Schindler’s List,’ ‘Mission Impossible,’ ‘Gladiator,’ ‘Avatar’ and so many more are U.S films that shot overseas for obvious reasons. Do these films have to shoot in the U.S. from now on? It’s an absurd announcement with no meaning nor understanding of storytelling or creative impulses....”
Echoes another London-based producer: “If this goes the distance, it will decimate the industry. But you can’t just stop production,” he said. “When does it come into effect? What about movies in pre-production, that are shooting or in post? Would you just double their costs. None of this has been thought through. So I think the calm response is: Let’s see what this means, let’s see the fine print.”
(Excerpt) Read more at variety.com ...
It will bring film making back to USA...it will force production companies to cut staff and make movies worth watching. You would not believe the bloat in an “on location” shot...cops, catering, set hardware, ...no more filmed in Europe cause the director wanted a vacation.
Might convince a few woke leftists to understand how a tariff works to their benefit.
No one has the slightest idea. And that’s a big part of the problem. People need to make decisions NOW for anything they hope to shoot in 2026 — and a lot of the decisions on 2026 filming have already been made, with actors lined up who have turned down other opportunities to block six months of their time for Project X. This kind of announcement is a classic piece of “fire, ready, aim,” in that order.
This, btw, is one of the key differences between the arbitrary diktats of the administrative state vs. the orderly process of legislation (if Congress can somehow recover its backbone and actually do its job). The legislative process — like an orderly rulemaking process — at least gives people reasonable warning and an opportunity to hash out the details. Getting the industry blown up overnight by unexpected tweet is not a good way to do business.
People shouldn’t be blindsided. This is a fundamental conservative principle.
Hollywood movies stink. They don’t deserve protection.
RE: Shocked and Confused.
Updated Led Zeppelin song.
Every day I work so hard
Bringin’ home my grifting pay
Try to con you, Trump
But you push me away.
Been shocked and confused
For so long, it’s not true.
Wanted my Newsom tax breaks
Never bargained for you.
Take it easy, Trump,
Let them say what they will.
Tongue wag so much
When I send you the bill.
Many U.S. movies have always been filmed abroad. Location shooting is pretty basic.
All the good movies have already been made, anyway. Everything is a derivative now.
“””What Trump is doing is freaking brilliant.”””
Why?
I’m not sure why Trump brought this up but like many other things he has fiddled with previously at first it’s not easy to see what his end game is. Or, is he using this to troll Hollywood or maybe even troll the big news outlets?
As always, he’s entertaining.
>> Location shooting is pretty basic.
Great! Then it’ll be straightforward (and economically advantageous) to shoot HERE.
Thanks. I will check it out. WDW Pro is one of the YouTube shows that I watch with some regularity. I think that group is generally on the right side of things; they are certainly fundamentally opposed to Woke Hollywood.
In this case, however, did they touch on the proliferation of tax incentives for movie and tv production on the part of the great majority of U.S. states?
I cannot fault Ireland, the UK or Hungary for doing exactly what so many U.S. states are doing. But this is legalized corruption; we ought not want ANY governments to be in this business. For socialists, of course, it is a feature, not a bug; the lefties would be delighted to have Ministries of Culture with a financial stranglehold on all production, based on an underlying cost structure that makes it virtually impossible for non-controlled studios to compete.
If California, New York and George can do it, then Ireland, the UK and Hungary should be able to do it. Level playing field ....
>> All the good movies have already been made, anyway.
...and you have the dialog of most of ‘em memorized. 😉
Exactly!
Confusing dumb actors is pretty easy to do.
Funny how Hollywood misses the point where Hollywood used to be king. I get the industry now as a global thingy but the President just wants what’s best for America and Americans. Half a million are in the industry in America. Why is making movies made in America again controversial?Like everything else, these foreign countries subsidized and incentivise undercutting American industry and Americans.
Love good movies, movies from all over the world. But I care about their industry as much as they care about me.
They have done as much as they humanly can to harm America. They openly hate America at their awards events. I wouldn’t lift a finger to help them.
:)
“All the good movies have already been made, anyway”
The majority of movies nowadays seems to be horror or comic book themed.
I don’t do horror and the Last comic book movie I’ll probably ever see was Ironman 3.
Did Congress sign over much of that to the President with the Reciprocal Tariff Act of 1934?
One thing to remember, Trump is pals with Ike Perlmutter, a moneybags who ran Marvel Entertainment - back when it made movies folks went to see. I suspect Trump visited a bit with Ike before he made this move.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Perlmutter
No one has the slightest idea. And that’s a big part of the problem. People need to make decisions NOW for anything they hope to shoot in 2026
Kinda like being an American in the industrial sector in the last 2 decades, or having a business in the Covid mania. Or having to predict anything in your personal life.
Hollywood has lead the charge on sodomizing America, and now they expect “orderly” from us? They were openly thrilled when we were subjected to non-optional dictates from the administration. Now it’s their turn in the barrel.
I couldn’t be any happier.
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