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White House Says “No Final Decisions” Have Been Made on Movie Tariffs, Still “Exploring All Options”

The administration says it is still intent on "Making Hollywood Great Again" though it suggests it will take time for tariff plan to come to fruition.

It also suggests that the White House may be exploring what legal avenues it has to pursue them, given the complexities and uncertainties on implementing a tariff on what amounts to a service rather than a physical good. Gibson, meanwhile, is set to begin production on his followup to The Passion of the Christ later this summer in Italy, a film that could be subject to a tariff, should they come to fruition. The White House has been concerned that film and TV productions have increasingly shot overseas to take advantage of a lower-paid workforce as well as extensive local tax credits.

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