dailycaller.com By Ireland Owens
Some Hollywood trade unions and other groups are urging lawmakers to give financial incentives to the American film industry following President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign nations.
Actor Jon Voight, Trump’s special ambassador to Hollywood, alongside Voight’s manager Steven Paul, met with the president over the weekend to discuss a strategy to boost domestic film production. The proposed plans include introducing federal tax incentives, making changes to several tax codes and implementing infrastructure subsidies for production companies and movie theater owners, The New York Times reported.
SP Media Group, a Chicago-based media production company headed by Paul, did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
“After meeting with many of the entertainment leaders, I have brought forward recommendations to the president for certain tax provisions that can help the [film] industry,” Voight said in a video posted to X on Monday. “Some provisions that could be extended, and others that could be revived or instituted.”
Voight left from the meetings with Trump with two letters to Congress drafted by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), according to the NYT…
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