Gone With the Win

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 

Denmark - cinematographer Jez Butterworth 

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!