Gone With the Win
As a spirited American Patriot, I want to help out our current Administration and come to their rescue.
President Trump has advance the idea to save Hollywood and bring back the American Film Industry where it belongs: Hollywood.
This, of course, would be his idea to impose a Tariff on all films whose elements can be traced to a foreign country.
To date, the question has been: how to set Tariffs on films with foreign influences?
The answer is quite easy.
All one has to do is use the Production cost of each film that meets the Administration's objective, set a 50% Tariff to be paid by the film's distribution company or agent (in the case where a film goes directly to streaming networks).
Let's see how this would work using recent films as models:
1. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) production cost: $300,000,000
FI (foreign influences including cast members):
England - Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen
Spain - Antonio Banderas
Guyana - Shaunette Renée Wilson
Locations: Glascow - Scotland, Sicily (Cefalù) Italy
Addition Source Funding: Rising Sun Pictures - Australia,
2. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) production cost $200,000,000
FI (foreign influences including cast members):
Australia - Hugh Jackman
Canada - Ryan Reynolds
England - George Richmond (cinematographer)
Nigeria - Wunmi Mosaku
Locations - Pinewood Studios - London, Vancouver- Canada
Addition Source Funding: Bona Film Group - China
3. Wicked (2024) production cost $145,000,000
FI (foreign influences including cast members):
Malaya - Michelle Yeoh
England - Courtney-Mae Briggs
Locations: Sky Studios Elstree (Borehamwood, England)
Foreign Production Resources: Japan - Luxshare Vision Pro
4. Dune: Part Two (2024) production cost $190,000,000
FI (foreign influences including cast members):
France - Léa Seydoux
Canada - Denis Villeneuve (Film Dir)
Germany - Hans Zimmer (music)
Locations: Budapest, Abu Dhabi, Namibi, Altivole (Italy)
Foreign Production Resources: Arri Cameras (Germany)
5. Venom: The Last Dance (2024) production cost $110,000,000
FI (foreign influences including cast members):
England - Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Israel - Avi Arad - Israel
Canada - Clark Backo
Germany - Fabian Wagner (camera))
Locations: Los Mateos in Cartagena, Spain
Foreign Production Resources: DNEG (Post Production ) London
6. Alien: Romulus (2024) production cost $80,000,000
FI (foreign influences including cast members):
Uruguay - Fede Álvarez (dir)
England - Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn and Benjamin Wallfisch (composer)
Mexico - Galo Olivares (camera)
Locations: London , Budapest
Addition Source Funding: Scott Free - London
Foreign Production Resources: Wētā Workshop - New Zealand
7. Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) production cost $190,000,000
FI (foreign influences including cast members):
England - Leigh Gill
Ireland - Brendan Gleeson
Iceland - Hildur Guðnadóttir (Music)
Addition Source Funding: Village Roadshow (Australia), British Columbia Film &VideoFinancing
So... total budget costs for the 7 films: $1,215,000,000
Our share to the US Treasury: $ 607,500,000 !
Let's get the ball rolling and save Hollywood!