Producer Urged Trump to Back U.S. Film Incentive Citing Prospect of Shooting Richard Nixon Biopic Overseas

Variety reports that President Donald Trump left a meeting with actor Jon Voight and two Hollywood producers expressing strong support for a federal tax incentive aimed at film and television productions. One of the producers warned that without such a credit, the planned Richard Nixon biopic would likely have to be filmed overseas, underscoring the incentive’s potential to keep the project on American soil.

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