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Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
President Trump's Hollywood ambassador Jon Voight rolls out proposal to 'Make Hollywood Great Again'
Jon Voight and President Donald Trump want to "Make Hollywood Great Again." Voight, along with special advisor Steven Paul, submitted a "comprehensive plan" to the president to save the film and television industry. The "Ray Donovan" actor, 86, was named in January as a special ambassador by Trump for the purpose of "bringing Hollywood" back. Trump Names Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson And Jon Voight As Special Ambassadors Voight and Paul met with "dozens of leading film and television organizations (guilds, unions, studios and streamers) about what changes need to be made to increase domestic film production," according to a statement. The meeting was conducted in person with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida and included SP Media Group/Atlas Comics President Scott Karol. Read On The Fox News App "The proposal includes federal tax incentives, significant changes to several tax codes, the establishment of co-production treaties with foreign countries, and infrastructure subsidies for theater owners, film and television production companies, and post-production companies," the statement said. "The proposal also includes a focus on job training, and tariffs in certain limited circumstances." Like What You're Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News "The President loves the entertainment business and this country, and he will help us make Hollywood great again," Voight said. "The American film industry, and Hollywood, is a beacon for teaching the American Dream to the world and is an engine for job growth and career opportunity," said Paul. "It's essential that we preserve America's leadership in film and television production." He added, "We look forward to working with the administration, the unions, studios, and streamers to help form a plan to keep our industry healthy and bring more productions back to America. Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter "By creating the right environment through smart incentives, updated policies, and much-needed support, we can ensure that American production companies thrive, more jobs stay here at home, and Hollywood once again leads the world in creativity and innovation." "We've spent months meeting with top leaders across the film and television industry, and there is broad agreement that runaway production has become a serious issue that needs to be addressed now," Karol said. "This plan is about leveling the playing field so that producing right here in America is not only a competitive option, but the first choice." The White House and its relevant policy advisors are in the process of reviewing the proposal. Trump announced in January that Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone would work closely with his administration as special envoys. "It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone, to be Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. "They will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries, BACK—BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!" He added, "These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears, and I will get done what they suggest. It will again be, like The United States of America itself, The Golden Age of Hollywood!" In a Truth Social post shared Sunday, Trump said he would begin implementing a Hollywood-related tariff to support filmmaking in the states. "Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States," Trump claimed. "Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated." The Republican said his plans to institute a tariff are in the works, and he authorized 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."Original article source: President Trump's Hollywood ambassador Jon Voight rolls out proposal to 'Make Hollywood Great Again'
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Jon Voight's Pitch to President Trump on Fixing Hollywood Only Includes Tariffs in ‘Certain Limited Circumstances'
Actor Jon Voight met with President Donald Trump over the weekend in Mar-a-Lago to formally pitch his plans on how to bring production back stateside, and tariffs are only a small part of that plan. Voight along with his manager and producer Steven Paul and SP Media Group and Atlas Comics President Scott Karol submitted a comprehensive plan to President Trump after several months of meeting with several dozen film and TV organizations and leaders across Hollywood about how to increase domestic film production. More from IndieWire IATSE Is 'Engaging' with Trump Administration After Movie Tariff Announcement The American Pavilion Announces 2025 Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes Per a release, the proposal includes 'federal tax incentives, significant changes to several tax codes, the establishment of co-production treaties with foreign countries, and infrastructure subsidies for theater owners, film and television production companies, and post-production companies.' But in addition to saying Voight's proposal has a focus on job training, it also only suggests 'tariffs in certain limited circumstances.' That would seem to go against the announcement that sent the entire industry into a tizzy after Trump announced 100 percent tariffs on any movies made in 'foreign lands,' which left a lot more questions than it answered. However, Trump on Monday told reporters that he intends to meet with Hollywood leaders himself and wants to help Hollywood, not harm it. 'The President loves the entertainment business and this country, and he will help us make Hollywood great again,' Voight said in a statement. The White House and its relevant policy advisors are reviewing the proposal. Voight continued: 'We look forward to working with the administration, the unions, studios, and streamers to help form a plan to keep our industry healthy and bring more productions back to America. By creating the right environment through smart incentives, updated policies, and much-needed support, we can ensure that American production companies thrive, more jobs stay here at home, and Hollywood once again leads the world in creativity and innovation.' Voight was named a special ambassador alongside Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone back in January, but Monday's announcement is the first time any plans or policy suggestions have been proposed, and Stallone and Gibson have yet to comment on the matter and have not appeared to take meetings across town. Hollywood's labor unions have also begun weighing in on Trump's tariff proposal, with IATSE echoing Voight's call for a federal tax incentive. While individual states have their own tax incentives and rebates to help productions, they're competing against other countries with their own aggressive incentives, and the U.S. doesn't have a comparable equivalent. The suggestion of subsidies for theater owners, production companies, and post-production houses is also a new detail that has yet to be reported and could go a long way in helping keep jobs stateside. And opening up co-productions could be beneficial given the number of projects that shoot in multiple locations, though it's unclear what involving the federal government in any film project would do for the movies. 'The American film industry, and Hollywood, is a beacon for teaching the American Dream to the world and is an engine for job growth and career opportunity,' said Paul. 'It's essential that we preserve America's leadership in film and television production'. 'We've spent months meeting with top leaders across the film and television industry, and there is broad agreement that runaway production has become a serious issue that needs to be addressed now,' said Karol. 'This plan is about leveling the playing field so that producing right here in America is not only a competitive option, but the first choice.' Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie The 55 Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Netflix Right Now
Fox News
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
President Trump's Hollywood Ambassador Jon Voight rolls out proposal to 'Make Hollywood Great Again'
Jon Voight and President Donald Trump want to "Make Hollywood Great Again." Voight, along with his special advisor Steven Paul, submitted a "comprehensive plan" to the president to save the film and television industry. The "Ray Donovan" actor, 86, was named in January as a special ambassador by Trump for the purpose of "bringing Hollywood" back. Voight and Paul met with "dozens of leading film and television organizations (guilds, unions, studios and streamers) about what changes need to be made to increase domestic film production," according to a statement. The meeting was conducted in person with Trump at his Mar-A-Lago estate, and included SP Media Group/Atlas Comics President Scott Karol. "The proposal includes federal tax incentives, significant changes to several tax codes, the establishment of co-production treaties with foreign countries, and infrastructure subsidies for theater owners, film and television production companies, and post-production companies," the statement said. "The proposal also includes a focus on job training, and tariffs in certain limited circumstances." "The President loves the entertainment business and this country, and he will help us make Hollywood great again," Voight said. "The American film industry, and Hollywood, is a beacon for teaching the American Dream to the world and is an engine for job growth and career opportunity," said Paul. "It's essential that we preserve America's leadership in film and television production." He added, "We look forward to working with the administration, the unions, studios, and streamers to help form a plan to keep our industry healthy and bring more productions back to America. "By creating the right environment through smart incentives, updated policies, and much-needed support, we can ensure that American production companies thrive, more jobs stay here at home, and Hollywood once again leads the world in creativity and innovation." "We've spent months meeting with top leaders across the film and television industry, and there is broad agreement that runaway production has become a serious issue that needs to be addressed now," Karol said. "This plan is about leveling the playing field so that producing right here in America is not only a competitive option, but the first choice." The White House and its relevant policy advisors are in the process of reviewing the proposal.
