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New York (AP) – Donald Trump wants to make Hollywood “bigger, more wonderful and stronger” and has chosen Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as stars of what he calls his “special ambassadors in a wonderful but very disturbed in Hollywood.
On Wednesday, the President-elect announced on his social media site that the three actors would be his eyes and ears to the moviemaking town.
“It will once again be, like the United States of America itself, the golden age of Hollywood!” He has written about Truth Social.
He also called the trio of special correspondents. Special ambassadors and envoys are selected to respond to critical points of disturbances such as the Middle East, No California.
The production of American film and television has been hindered in recent years, with the setbacks of the Covid-19 Pandemia, the Hollywood Guild strike of 2023 and, during the last week, the ongoing forest fires in the region. Los Angeles. In the United States, total production fell 26% compared to 2021, according to Produro data.
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In the Los Angeles metro area, productions declined 5. 6% compared to 2023 according to Filmla, the lowest since 2020. In October, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed expanding California’s film and television tax credit program to $750 million consistent with the year (up from $330 million). Other U. S. cities such as Atlanta, New York, Chicago and San Francisco have used tax incentives to attract film and television productions to their cities. Actor Mark Wahlberg is even contemplating setting up a production center in Las Vegas.
It’s unclear exactly what Gibson, Voight and Stallone will do in this effort to bring the productions back to the United States. Their representatives did not respond to requests for comment.
Trump’s decision to cast the actors as “ambassadors” underscores his considerations for the 1980s and 1990s, when he was a rising tabloid star in New York, and Gibson and Stallone were among the world’s biggest movie stars.
Stallone is a usual guest of the Trump Mar-Lago Club and presented it at a gala in November shortly after the elections.
“When George Washington defended his country, he had no idea that he was going to change the world. Because without him, you could imagine what the world would look like,” Stallone told the crowd. “Guess what? We got the second George Washington. Congratulations!”
The decision also reflects Trump’s willingness to overlook his supporters’ most controversial statements.
Gibson’s reputation has been tampered with in Hollywood since 2006, when he went on an anti-Semitic rant while being arrested for allegedly driving under the influence. But he also continued paintings in mainstream films and directed Wahlberg’s next mystery “Hazard of Flight. “
Voight has been a Trump supporter for a long time, who is the biggest president since Lincoln.
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