Movies

DL: White House statement on the INTL Tariffs. California believes movies specifically are exempt from Presidential tariff powers. notfabio May 05, 09:31

It is the physical on location filming of films outside of the US they are trying to target. {nm} notfabio May 05, 09:33

thats what you and i talked about last night {nm} Moviesnob May 05, 09:45

Is he saying the 100% tariff will be on the gross? If not on the gross, then on what? {nm} CButera May 05, 10:32

They haven't thought that far ahead, but I imagine 100% tariff on the foreign tax incentive to wipe it out. nm Antibody May 05, 10:41

It will never happen. I imagine there will be so many lawsuits if they even try it. TheWeekendWarrior May 05, 11:24

I do think this will get held up in the courts for years and is basically Jon Voight meaning well and not knowing what he was talking about {nm} notfabio May 05, 11:35

I think its more likely Voight, who is really smart, asked for more tax incentives in the US especially in L.A. and Trump went his own way Moviesnob May 05, 11:40

It's worth pointing out that SINNERS, the darling film of 2025, would never exist if it wasnt for these tax programs both in the US & abroad {nm} Moviesnob May 05, 11:43

Isn't that more an indictment on the profitability of the film industry? {nm} JayPrimetown May 05, 11:49

Its a good question and too much to discuss on these boards. My answer is kinda yes and no. Moviesnob May 05, 12:02

Any evidence that Jon Voight is "really smart?" A product of nonsense-based education, trainwreck personal life, an obsolete clinger . . . SenJohnBlutarsky May 05, 14:33

They could cut down the budget. Does JURA6/7 really need to cost over $500M in production cost? Antibody May 05, 12:14

its kinda hard to make a movie about dinosaurs without a ton of fx, thats what people expect to see Moviesnob May 05, 14:27

Tariffs are paid by end-users... So at the theater, Americans will pay 100% more as tariff for a "foreign" movie... this is the only way... lukasck May 06, 06:11

Now, to define what is really a "foreign" movie is the problem... lukasck May 06, 06:12