Trump's plan to make Hollywood Grand again by imposing a 100% price on “all the films that enter our country that are produced in foreign land” has left the industry with more questions than answers. Like: huh? Or: Is it even legal? And our personal favorite: what about television?
“We want films to be made in America, once again!” Defined Trump on Sunday evening. “The film industry in America dies of a very rapid death. Other countries offer all kinds of incentives to keep our filmmakers and our studios in the United States away. Hollywood, and many other fields in the United States, are devastated. It is a concerted effort of other nations and propaganda!”
On Monday morning, Trump's press link already had all this resumed a little.
“Although no final decision on the prices of foreign films have been made, the administration explores all the options to deliver the directive of President Trump to protect the national and economic security of our country while making Hollywood Grand again,” said the spokesman for the White House Kush Desai to The Hollywood Reporter Monday.
For those who keep the score at home, it is a (perhaps) price on “films”, “films”, “film” and “film”. There is no mention of the series, nor the use of a tote word as “content”.
It is perhaps by Conception and Trump plans only to impose a price on films (feature films, we assume) produced abroad and imported in the United States where there is no rhyme, reason or thought in the choices of Trump's words. These seem to be equally liminable options.
The Hollywood Reporter Asked DESAI on the television side of the industry. He did not respond.
An answer would be good because it is an important distinction. Americans consume much more television produced internationally (in any language) than the film. Does Trump concede this piece of industry? And if so, why? Because it is more difficult to apply? Because he was a reality TV star? Because the film represents more absolute dollars than the series?
Again, with Trump, all of this seems to be equivalent possibilities. There is another option.
“The guy is a moron,” said Michael Pachter, Director General of Wedbush Securities Research Research THR By e-mail.
Trump “does not know what he means, so (he is) difficult to interpret,” said Pachter when we asked for his interpretation of Trump's last decree.
Analysts can say squarely what journalists cannot.
“Realistically, [Trump] Could (on itself) impose this on all intellectual properties, including games, books, comics, etc. “, Continued Pachter.” He has no idea how much he will do for the American film industry. »»
Cinema studios have an idea and their leaders already seem ready to put Trump in conjunction of this podium jointly. The old-fashioned Hollywood banners clearly understand their exhibition here, but what about Netflix? The answer, as the price proposed itself, is complicated.
From left to right: Mark Stanley, Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham in “Adolescence”.
With the kind authorization of Netflix
Netflix has emphasized global expansion and the production of local language programs from all corners of the earth. Wedbush estimates that 75% of Netflix's overall content is produced outside the United States, the majority of the Netflix library is not produced by Netflix – it is acquired, which means that the streamer has little control over where it was manufactured.
A Netflix spokesman did not respond to THRThe request for comments on Trump's pricing threat.
Netflix has long been maximum in terms of American members and Canada. Therefore, to develop subscribers, Netflix must program for the other 188 countries, and they could also produce content there – it is much cheaper.
Ron Leshem, the creator of the successful Israeli series Bad boynow on Netflix, recently said THR that he could have made “five or six seasons” of Bad boy There for what episode of a large HBO series is here. Leshem created the original Euphoria And the executive produces the current American version, so it has received – literally.
In general, Netflix content is without border in terms of regional availability – a 100% price can change this for the American public. We may not get the next Calmar game (Korean product in South Korea), Baby meeting (English / Scotland), Silver Tâne (Spain / Spanish), Lupine (France / French), Adolescence (England), Bridgerton (UNITED KINGDOM), Wednesday (Romania) or The Gambit of the Queen (Berlin) – Massive cultural collateral damage to a political decision. Or perhaps we will only get them after they turned out to be crossed successes in the 189 other Netflix countries. Pull the VPNs.
