Jon Voight made a splash in May when he pitched President Trump on a plan to save Hollywood, warning that the industry was at risk of going “down the drain like Detroit.”
But in the months since then, not much has happened.
Trump prompted an outcry when he threatened to tariff foreign-made films, and then quickly moved on.
But conversations are still taking place. Steven Paul and Scott Karol, independent film producers who have worked with Voight to “Make Hollywood Great Again,” are hopeful that a federal film incentive will be introduced in Congress this year.
“Just because we might not see things in the press, doesn’t mean people aren’t working hard behind the scenes,” Paul said in an interview on Wednesday.
Karol said the hope is that a federal incentive will be “introduced in