Jon Voight Joins Studios, Unions to Press Trump for Film Aid (2)

President Donald Trump’s Hollywood ambassadors joined studios, labor unions and producers in asking the White House to expand and extend tax incentives as part of an upcoming budget reconciliation bill.

A letter sent Monday asked the president to include three film and TV incentives in the budget bill being drafted by Congress. The coalition includes the Motion Picture Association, which represents Hollywood studios, as well as unions of writers, actors and other trades.

Actor Jon Voight, who was named one of three special ambassadors to Hollywood in January, is leading the effort to obtain assistance from Washington to ...