Jon Voight to present Donald Trump with MAGA plan for Hollywood after taking on ‘special ambassador’ role
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Hollywood, meet MAGA. Oscar-winner Jon Voight isn’t just waiting around for his next role — he’s diving headfirst into President Donald Trump’s “Special Ambassador” role to Hollywood.
The Hollywood legend — a longtime Trump loyalist and proud dad to Angelina Jolie — is rolling up his sleeves to “save” the film industry. And he’s not doing it alone.
Trump has officially enlisted a trio of silver screen tough guys — Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone — to do the job. The commander-in-chief gushed over the appointment in a January Truth Social post.
"It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone to be Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California," he wrote. "They will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries, BACK—BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!"
"These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears, and I will get done what they suggest. It will again be, like The United States of America itself, The Golden Age of Hollywood!" he added at the time.
Jon Voight and his manager plan to present Donald Trump with ideas to help boost US film and TV production
According to Bloomberg, Jon Voight and his longtime manager, Steven Paul, are prepping a big pitch for Donald Trump as soon as next week. “It’s important that we compete with what’s going on around the world, so there needs to be some sort of federal tax incentives,” Paul explained.
Their plan isn’t just about cleaning up scripts. It’s about putting money back into Tinseltown — with tax breaks, infrastructure upgrades, and job training programs to lure production back to Los Angeles.
Paul didn’t mince words about the status quo of the industry. “It’s been very, very difficult here. We’re feeling the cries of people in town," he admitted.
Paul is already putting his money where his mouth is — relocating three upcoming film productions from overseas back to LA. According to SP Media Group President Scott Karol, the Voight-Paul duo has been meeting with studio execs, unions, and state officials to fine-tune their pitch.
Among their boldest ideas is tweaking a piece of the US tax code that currently caps Hollywood studio deductions at $15 million, with hopes of raising that limit to give studios even more incentive to film on home turf.
They’re also planning to push for tax breaks for new film infrastructure, pointing to Netflix’s 40% rebate for a massive soundstage in New Jersey as the kind of game-changing policy they want to bring to California.
They’re not just focused on LA glitz. Paul says they’re eyeing a national program to prevent other US states from poaching productions away from Hollywood, because the competition is getting fierce, the Daily Mail reported.
From Hollywood tough guys to Donald Trump loyalists
All three stars — Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone — have been very visible in Donald Trump’s orbit lately. Stallone even introduced Trump at Mar-a-Lago following his November election win, giving the crowd some Rocky Balboa energy.
Gibson also threw in his undying support while speaking to paparazzi just days before the election, where he aimed at former Vice President Kamala Harris.
“I know what it’ll be like if we let her in. And that ain’t good. Miserable track record. No policies to speak of. She’s got the IQ of a fence post," he declared.
Hollywood’s struggles give MAGA an opening
To be fair, the LA film industry has been hurting. High living costs, COVID-era setbacks, labor strikes, and foreign competition have chipped away at the city’s movie magic.
Film production in the Greater LA area dropped 5% in Q3 of last year, according to Film LA, and the 2023 US box office take dipped to $8.7 billion, down 3% from the year before, as reported by Variety.
With states like Georgia, New Mexico, and New Jersey offering aggressive incentives, California’s once-untouchable dominance in the film world is looking shaky, and Trump’s “Special Ambassadors” smell opportunity.
