US EditionJon Voight on Trump tariffs: ‘He wants us to be the Hollywood of old’
- Jon Voight delivered a five-page plan titled "Make Hollywood great again" to President Trump in early May 2025 proposing tariffs and tax incentives to revive U.S. film and TV production.
- The plan responds to declining domestic production driven by foreign tax incentives, high U.S. costs, and the elimination of the 1970 fin-syn rule, which formerly limited network ownership in primetime programming.
- Voight's proposal includes reinstating fin-syn to prevent broadcasters and streamers from owning primetime content, imposing tariffs up to 120% on productions filmed abroad, and establishing federal tax credits between 10% and 20%.
- Trump announced a 100% tariff on foreign-made films in a Sunday social media post and plans to discuss the idea with industry figures, while the White House called it a non-final proposal amid mixed union support.
- Though industry veterans criticize tariffs as harmful and impractical, Voight and Trump advocate federal incentives to keep production domestic, aiming to restore jobs and competitiveness similar to past government bailouts in other sectors.
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