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Disaster movie: will Trump’s film tariffs sink Australia’s film industry?
Production of US films shot on Gold Coast under threat from president who views industry as ‘National Security threat’
The action film is the latest in a string of big-budget US productions lured to Australia’s sunshine state by tax rebates and incentives, custom-built facilities, experienced crews and a weak Aussie dollar combined with a backdrop of golden beaches and subtropical greenery. The report put stark figures on the number of workers who felt as if they were regularly tasked with unreasonable deadlines, pressured not to claim basic entitlements like sick leave and left time for little to no life outside work. Corrias-Smith has always harboured “greater creative ambitions” and while the big US productions have brought well-paid and consistent gigs for camera crews, technical and service workers, they have not provided the same opportunities for writers, producers, directors and lead actors.
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