Actor Jon Voight said on Monday that he had presented Donald Trump to President Trump to revitalize the American film industry.
“The president loves entertainment affairs and this country, and he will help us make Hollywood Grand,” said Voight in a statement.
Voight and his manager, Steve Paul, said in a press release that their proposal includes the deployment of federal tax incentives, the modification of the tax code, the implementation of co-production treaties with foreign countries and the distribution of subsidies to infrastructure to cinema owners as well as production and post-production companies.
Voight's proposal also called for a “concentration on vocational training” and the taxation of “prices in certain limited circumstances”. The press release indicates that the White House examines the proposal.
“We are impatient to work with the administration, unions, studios and streamers to help form a plan to keep our industry healthy and bring more productions to America,” said Voight.
Voight's remarks are just a day after Trump said he was considering imposing A 100% price on films made outside the United States.
Trump wrote in a social article Truth on Sunday that the American film industry “dies a very rapid death” while other countries determined incentives to attract American filmmakers to produce their work there.
“This is a concerted effort of other nations and, therefore, a national security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda!” Trump wrote.
This is not the first time that Trump has been talking about stimulating the American film industry.
In January, before his second inauguration, Trump announced that he was named the Voight, as well as actors Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone, like his ambassadors in Hollywood.
“They will serve me special envoys in order to bring Hollywood, who has lost a lot of business in the past four years in foreign countries, back – better, better and stronger than ever!” Trump wrote.
“These three very talented people will be my eyes and my ears, and I will do what they suggest. It will be again, like the United States of America itself, Hollywood's golden age!” He continued.
Trump did not specify how or when his price would be implemented. On Monday, he seemed to soften his position when he told journalists that he would ask the movie studios if “they are happy” with his price proposed before deploying it.
“So we are going to meet the industry. I want to make sure they are satisfied because we are all about jobs,” said Trump.
The White House did not respond to a request for comments from Business Insider.
