Because the Trump administration’s tariffs wreak havoc on Hollywood and different industries, at the very least one blockbuster franchise is off the hook.
Whereas discussing a brand new U.Ok. commerce deal on Thursday within the Oval Workplace, President Trump tried a Sean Connery impression and warranted that “James Bond has nothing to fret about” together with his deliberate 100% tariffs on foreign-made movies.
“As you realize, we’re placing tariffs on that specific—movie … the moviemakers,” he mentioned in a clip from the press convention. “And we’re going to be performing some tariffs to get them, as a result of a whole lot of them have left this nation. All of them dwell right here, the cash comes from right here, every little thing comes from right here, however they make them in different international locations. So, we’re gonna do one thing to deliver them again, possibly to a big extent.”
Trump added, “However James Bond has nothing to fret about, that I can inform you. And you realize, Sean Connery was a pal of mine. Sean Connery was accountable for my getting zoning in Aberdeen. He mentioned, Let the bloody bloke construct his golf programs.’ I used to be like 4 years into the method, and it was unattainable in Aberdeen … He was an ideal man, Sean Connery.”
Final weekend, Trump known as runaway productions a “nationwide safety menace” and introduced plans to place 100% tariffs on imports of films produced in “international lands.”
Throughout Thursday’s presser, Trump mentioned he and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have struck an financial settlement that can relieve the UK from tariffs on items together with metal and vehicles, however Trump made clear that his movie tariffs stay on the desk and might be mentioned individually.
Trump’s plans come amid the brand new 007 partnership between Amazon MGM Studios and returning producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.
After saying that Amy Pascal and David Heyman will produce the subsequent movie within the franchise, Amazon MGM’s Courtenay Valenti and Sue Kroll mentioned at CinemaCon in April that the pair of “filmmaking legends” is presently in London engaged on the movie.
“We’re dedicated to honoring the legacy of this iconic character, whereas bringing a recent, exhilarating new chapter to audiences around the globe alongside Amy and David,” mentioned Valenti, head of Movie, Streaming and Theatrical. “They’re each in London getting began and couldn’t be right here tonight, however we wished to thank them for what we all know might be an unimaginable partnership. Thanks, Amy and David!”
