VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EARLY STAGES ON DAY 3 OF THE WRC CENTRAL EUROPEAN RALLY – SEBASTIEN OGIER CRASHES, ROVANPERA TAKES LEAD SCRIPT AND SHOTLIST TO FOLLOW
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEMI-FINAL MATCHES AT THE WTA 250 JAPAN OPEN SHOWS: OSAKA, JAPAN (OCTOBER 18, 2025) (WTA/DAZN – See restrictions) LEYLAH FERNANDEZ (CANADA/BLACK DRESS) V SORANA CIRSTEA (ROMANIA/ BLUE DRESS) 1. TOSS FIRST SET 2. FERNANDEZ BREAKS THE SERVE AND WINS GAME POINT WITH FOREHAND WINNER 3. CIRSTEA GOES WIDE AND FERNANDEZ WINS FIRST SET 6-1/ FERNANDEZ WALKING SECOND SET 4. CIRSTEA WINS A POINT WITH FOREHAND WINNER/CIRSTEA WALKING 5. CIRSTEA BREAKS THE SERVE AND WINS SECOND SET 6-2/ CIRSTEA WALKING THIRD SET 6. FERNANDEZ BREAKS THE SERVE AND WINS GAME POINT/ FERNANDEZ CELEBRATING 7. CIRSTEA NETS THE BALL AND FERNANDEZ WINS MATCH 6-1 2-6 6-4/ FERNANDEZ CELEBRATING/ CROWD CHEERING 8. FERNANDEZ SHAKING HANDS WITH CIRSTEA AND CHAIR UMPIRE 9. FERNANDEZ ACKNOWLEDGING THE CROWD TEREZA VALENTOVA (CZECH REPUBLIC/ YELLOW TOP) V JAQUELINE CRISTIAN (ROMANIA/ GREY DRESS) 10. TOSS FIRST SET 11. CRISTIAN WINS A POINT WITH FOREHAND WINNER/ CRISTIAN WALKING 12. VALENTOVA NETS THE BALL AND CRISTIAN WINS TIE-BREAKER POINT AND TAKES FIRST SET 7-6(3)/ CRISTIAN CELEBRATING AND WALKING SECOND SET 14. CRISTIAN WINS GAME POINT WITH BACKHAND WINNER 15. CRISTIAN NETS THE BALL AND VALENTOVA WINS SECOND SET 6-4/ VALENTOVA CLOSE-UP/ CRISTIAN WALKING THIRD SET 16. VALENTOVA WINS GAME POINT WITH BACKHAND WINNER/ VALENTOVA CELEBRATING/ CROWD CHEERING 17. VALENTOVA BREAKS THE SERVE AND WINS MATCH 6-7(3) 6-4 6-3 18. VALENTOVA CELEBRATING 19. VALENTOVA AND CRISTIAN SHAKING HANDS WITH EACH OTHER AND CHAIR UMPIRE 20. VALENTOVA ACKNOWLEDGING THE CROWD STORY: Leylah Fernandez defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-1 2-6 6-4 on Saturday (October 18) to secure her place in the final of the WTA 250 Japan Open in Osaka where she will face 18-year-old qualifier Tereza Valentova At 4-4 in the deciding set, the fourth-seeded Canadian broke Cirstea's serve before holding her own to seal the victory. Fernandez will play Valentova on Sunday (October 19) after the Czech triumphed over Jaqueline Cristian 6-7(3) 6-4 6-3 in the other semi-final. Cristian reached the semi-finals after top-seeded Naomi Osaka withdrew with a left leg injury on Friday (October 17), granting the Romanian player a walkover in the quarter-final. Fernandez, runner-up at the 2021 U.S. Open, advanced to her eighth career final. Earlier this season, she reached the semi-finals at the WTA 500 DC Open, where she went on to claim her fourth WTA singles title by defeating Anna Kalinskaya. Most recently, Fernandez fell to Coco Gauff in three sets during the second round of the China Open in late September. (Production: Suramya Kaushik)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEMI-FINAL MATCHES AT THE WTA 250 JAPAN OPEN COMPLETE SHOTLIST TO FOLLOW SHOWS: OSAKA, JAPAN (OCTOBER 18, 2025) (WTA/DAZN – See restrictions) STORY: Leylah Fernandez defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 on Saturday (October 18) to secure her place in the final of the WTA 250 Japan Open. At 4-4 in the deciding set, the fourth-seeded Canadian broke Cirstea's serve before holding her own to seal the victory. Fernandez will face 18-year-old qualifier Tereza Valentova in the championship match after Valentova triumphed over Jaqueline Cristian 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-3 in the other semifinal. Cristian reached the semifinals after top-seeded Naomi Osaka withdrew with a left leg injury on Friday, granting the Romanian player a walkover in the quarterfinal. Fernandez, runner-up at the 2021 U.S. Open, advanced to her eighth career final. Earlier this season, she reached the semifinals at the WTA 500 DC Open, where she went on to claim her fourth WTA singles title by defeating Anna Kalinskaya. Most recently, Fernandez fell to Coco Gauff in three sets during the second round of the China Open in late September. (Production: Suramya Kaushik)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEMI-FINAL MATCHES AT THE WTA 250 JAPAN OPEN COMPLETE SHOTLIST TO FOLLOW SHOWS: OSAKA, JAPAN (OCTOBER 18, 2025) (WTA/DAZN – See restrictions) STORY: Leylah Fernandez defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 on Saturday (October 18) to secure her place in the final of the WTA 250 Japan Open. At 4-4 in the deciding set, the fourth-seeded Canadian broke Cirstea's serve before holding her own to seal the victory. Fernandez will face 18-year-old qualifier Tereza Valentova in the championship match after Valentova triumphed over Jaqueline Cristian 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-3 in the other semifinal. Cristian reached the semifinals after top-seeded Naomi Osaka withdrew with a left leg injury on Friday, granting the Romanian player a walkover in the quarterfinal. Fernandez, runner-up at the 2021 U.S. Open, advanced to her eighth career final. Earlier this season, she reached the semifinals at the WTA 500 DC Open, where she went on to claim her fourth WTA singles title by defeating Anna Kalinskaya. Most recently, Fernandez fell to Coco Gauff in three sets during the second round of the China Open in late September. (Production: Suramya Kaushik)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEMI-FINAL MATCHES AT THE WTA 250 JAPAN OPEN COMPLETE SHOTLIST TO FOLLOW SHOWS: OSAKA, JAPAN (OCTOBER 18, 2025) (WTA/DAZN – See restrictions) STORY: Leylah Fernandez defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 on Saturday (October 18) to secure her place in the final of the WTA 250 Japan Open. At 4-4 in the deciding set, the fourth-seeded Canadian broke Cirstea's serve before holding her own to seal the victory. Fernandez will face 18-year-old qualifier Tereza Valentova in the championship match after Valentova triumphed over Jaqueline Cristian 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-3 in the other semifinal. Cristian reached the semifinals after top-seeded Naomi Osaka withdrew with a left leg injury on Friday, granting the Romanian player a walkover in the quarterfinal. Fernandez, runner-up at the 2021 U.S. Open, advanced to her eighth career final. Earlier this season, she reached the semifinals at the WTA 500 DC Open, where she went on to claim her fourth WTA singles title by defeating Anna Kalinskaya. Most recently, Fernandez fell to Coco Gauff in three sets during the second round of the China Open in late September. (Production: Suramya Kaushik)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM ELENA RYBAKINA V JASMINE PAOLINI SEMI-FINAL AT WTA NINGBO OPEN SHOWS: NINGBO, CHINA (OCTOBER 18, 2025) (WTA/DAZN – See restrictions) ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZAKHSTAN / WHITE DRESS) V JASMINE PAOLINI (ITALY / GREY TOP) 1. TOSS FIRST SET 2. JASMINE PAOLINI WINS POINT WITH BACKHAND LOB 3. ELENA RYBAKINA HITS BACKHAND WINNER / CROWD CHEERING 4. PAOLINI HITS FOREHAND WINNER / CROWD CHEERING 5. RYBAKINA TAKES SET AS PAOLINI NETS BACKHAND / CROWD REACTION SECOND SET 6. FOREHAND WINNER BY RYBAKINA 7. BACKHAND WINNER BY RYBAKINA 8. FOREHAND WINNER BY RYBAKINA 9. RYBAKINA WINS MATCH AS PAOLINI’S BACKHAND GOES WIDE 10. RYBAKINA WALKING TO THE NET 11. PLAYERS MEET AT NET AND SHAKE HANDS WITH UMPIRE 12. RYBAKINA WAVING TO CROWD STORY: Kazakh third seed Elena Rybakina powered past Italy's Jasmine Paolini with a clinical 6-3 6-2 victory on Saturday (October 18) to secure her place in the Ningbo Open final, keeping her hopes of qualifying for next month's WTA Finals on track. The 2022 Wimbledon champion broke second-seeded Paolini for a 5-3 lead in the opening set before comfortably sealing it. The pair were locked at 2-2 in the second, but Rybakina shifted gears, breaking serve to lead 3-2 and claiming the next three games to wrap up the match in one hour and 29 minutes, during which the 26-year-old fired 10 aces and 30 winners. With her sights set on a 10th WTA Tour-level singles title, Rybakina on Sunday faces the winner of an all-Russian semi between Diana Shnaider and Ekaterina Alexandrova, which is being played later on Saturday. Despite the defeat, Paolini, who was runner-up at the French Open and Wimbledon last year, remains in the hunt for one of the two remaining spots at the WTA Finals. Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova, Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys have all qualified for the season-ending championship of the WTA Tour in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia which runs from November1-8. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM ELENA RYBAKINA V JASMINE PAOLINI SEMI-FINAL AT WTA NINGBO OPEN SHOWS: NINGBO, CHINA (OCTOBER 18, 2025) (WTA/DAZN – See restrictions) ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZAKHSTAN / WHITE DRESS) V JASMINE PAOLINI (ITALY / GREY TOP) 1. TOSS FIRST SET 2. JASMINE PAOLINI WINS POINT WITH BACKHAND LOB 3. ELENA RYBAKINA HITS BACKHAND WINNER / CROWD CHEERING 4. PAOLINI HITS FOREHAND WINNER / CROWD CHEERING 5. RYBAKINA TAKES SET AS PAOLINI NETS BACKHAND / CROWD REACTION SECOND SET 6. FOREHAND WINNER BY RYBAKINA 7. BACKHAND WINNER BY RYBAKINA 8. FOREHAND WINNER BY RYBAKINA 9. RYBAKINA WINS MATCH AS PAOLINI’S BACKHAND GOES WIDE 10. RYBAKINA WALKING TO THE NET 11. PLAYERS MEET AT NET AND SHAKE HANDS WITH UMPIRE 12. RYBAKINA WAVING TO CROWD STORY: Kazakh third seed Elena Rybakina powered past Italy's Jasmine Paolini with a clinical 6-3 6-2 victory on Saturday (October 18) to secure her place in the Ningbo Open final, keeping her hopes of qualifying for next month's WTA Finals on track. The 2022 Wimbledon champion broke second-seeded Paolini for a 5-3 lead in the opening set before comfortably sealing it. The pair were locked at 2-2 in the second, but Rybakina shifted gears, breaking serve to lead 3-2 and claiming the next three games to wrap up the match in one hour and 29 minutes, during which the 26-year-old fired 10 aces and 30 winners. With her sights set on a 10th WTA Tour-level singles title, Rybakina on Sunday faces the winner of an all-Russian semi between Diana Shnaider and Ekaterina Alexandrova, which is being played later on Saturday. Despite the defeat, Paolini, who was runner-up at the French Open and Wimbledon last year, remains in the hunt for one of the two remaining spots at the WTA Finals. Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova, Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys have all qualified for the season-ending championship of the WTA Tour in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia which runs from November1-8. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THIRD ROUND OF MACAO OPEN ON THE ASIAN TOUR RESENDING WITH SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT SHOWS: MACAU, CHINA (OCTOBER 18, 2025) (ASIAN TOUR MEDIA – see restrictions before use) 1. SARIT SUWANNARUT 2ND SHOT TO THE 16TH HOLE 2. SARIT SUWANNARUT BIRDIE PUTT ON THE 18TH HOLE 3. BRETT RANKIN BIRDIE PUTT ON 14TH HOLE 4. DING WENYI PAR PUTT ON 11TH HOLE 5. YE WOCHENG BIRDIE PUTT ON 10TH HOLE 6. DOMINIC FOOS HOLES HIS APPROACH FOR EAGLE AT THE 3RD HOLE 7. SUTEEPAT PRATEEPTIENCHAI BIRDIE PUTT ON 6TH HOLE 8. SIDDIKUR RAHMAN 2ND SHOT TO THE 14TH HOLE 9. SUNGJAE IM TEE SHOT ON 14TH HOLE STORY: Thailand's Sarit Suwannarut has maintained his lead at the Macao Open, carding a third round 66 on Saturday (October 18) to put him two shots ahead of Australia's Brett Rankin heading into the final day. Rankin had pulled level at the 14th but Suwannarut made birdies on 16 and 18 to end the day 16-under-par for the tournament. China's Ding Wenyi closed in on the leaders with a 65 to move into third, while his compatriot Ye Wocheng is just one shot behind on 12-under-par following a 67. Germany's Dominic Foos is part of a group of players tied for 8th on ten-under-par but he produced the shot of the day by holing his approach to the third. He is joined in that group by Siddikur Rahman who holed an equally impressive chip on the 14th. (Production: Simon Ormiston)
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By Paul Sandle, Michael Kahn, Byron Kaye and Dawn Chmielewski LONDON/PRAGUE/SYDNEY/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"Star Wars: Starfighter" is filming in Britain, soundstages in Hungary are packed and post-production houses in Australia are humming, as the global film industry keeps rolling despite U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed threats to impose tariffs on movies made outside of the United States. Trump has proposed levying a 100% tariff on films produced overseas to stem the loss of film jobs to production hubs around the world, reviving an idea he first broached in May. The initial call for tariffs jolted the film world, and temporarily halted projects and international movie finance deals as producers evaluated the potential impact of the levy on each project’s financial viability, two sources familiar with Hollywood motion-picture financing told Reuters. This time around, the reaction has been more muted. "Other than the initial flurry of 'Oh, he's said it again,' people are not taking it as seriously as they did the first time around," said Lee Stone, a partner at London law firm Lee & Thompson, who worked on the Emmy-winning Netflix show "Adolescence." Trump initially called for a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the country in early May, to stave off the "very fast death" of the American film industry as incentives lured filmmakers to production hubs around the world. The announcement – just weeks before the Cannes Film Festival – caused a panic. "It was terrible timing. Everyone was saying, 'What's going to happen?'" said Stone, noting that Trump's threat resulted in temporary paralysis. "I'm not getting the impression that there's the same pause this time." Newly released data from industry researcher ProdPro reveals that while overall spending is down 15% from last year, amid a pullback in scripted television series and big-budget feature films, there is no evidence that Hollywood is abandoning global production hubs. "We’re not seeing anything in the data that suggests studios are opting to film more of their production in the U.S. because of concern about the tariffs," said ProdPro CEO Alexander LoVerde. The U.S. remains the industry's largest production hub, accounting for $16.6 billion in spending over the last 12 months, according to ProdPro. However, Hollywood studios and streaming services spent even more – $24.3 billion – on film and television projects produced outside the U.S. over that same period, ProdPro reported, as they took advantage of tax credits, lower labor costs and world-class soundstages. The United Kingdom has become a major beneficiary of the Hollywood exodus, attracting $8.7 billion in film and scripted TV spending over the past year, including major film productions like "Star Wars: Starfighter," the much-buzzed-about next entry in the "Star Wars" saga set for release in May 2027. Canada comes in a close second with $6.4 billion, according to ProdPro's most recent report on production trends. Other regions – Australia, Ireland, Hungary and Spain – together accounted for nearly one-quarter of all production. COVID-19 SUPERCHARGED PRODUCTION EXODUS The COVID-19 pandemic and the Hollywood strikes by U.S. writers and actors supercharged the exodus that began years earlier. "Australia became a bit of a production bubble where particularly in Queensland, productions could continue even as the rest of the world shut down," said University of Melbourne film expert Kirsten Stevens. Prague increased its tax breaks from 20% to 25% in January, while Britain offers relief of 25.5% on qualifying films and TV productions, with a higher rate for animated films and a new credit for smaller independent films. In places like Central Europe, a deep filmmaking tradition and lower labor costs have attracted a long list of Hollywood films including the Russo brothers' "The Gray Man," Netflix's Oscar-winning "All Quiet on the Western Front" in the Czech Republic, and Warner Bros Studios' "Dune: Part Three," which began shooting this summer in Hungary. "Hungarian soundstages are currently operating at full capacity with both international and domestic productions," Csaba Kael, government commissioner for the development of the Hungarian Motion Picture Industry, told Reuters. Any change in U.S. trade policy would take time to implement, Kael said. Hollywood studios have found that distributing work across multiple locations can accelerate the production timetable, allowing films to be completed faster and cheaper. "It's not uncommon at high-end films that a bunch of work would come to Australia, but a bunch of work also might go to New Zealand and to London and to somewhere else," said Mike Seymour, Emmy-nominated visual effects specialist and lecturer at the University of Sydney. "Sometimes the film is being worked on literally 24 hours a day because of all the time zones," he said. STUDIOS PUSH FOR U.S. TAX INCENTIVES INSTEAD For the moment, it is business as usual for filmmakers, said Stephen Weizenecker, an entertainment lawyer with Barnes & Thornburg in Atlanta. They are hoping to avoid any interruption that throws off the schedule of a production, which can result in actors, directors or even a filming location being unavailable. "The film industry dislikes uncertainty," Weizenecker said. "Once it starts to hesitate, it means a project stops altogether." A coalition of American film industry unions and guilds, joined by veteran actor Jon Voight, has asked Trump to consider implementing a federal tax incentive to put domestic film production on a more competitive footing with incentives offered in other countries. "What we really want is a national tax incentive that would be more effective than any tariffs," one studio executive said. Meanwhile, a bill with bipartisan support, known as the CREATE Act, was introduced in the U.S. Congress this past summer. It would extend a tax deduction for U.S. productions, which is set to expire in December, and increase the cap on deductible costs. The looming threat of tariffs raises concern about the potential impact on the economy and livelihoods in production hubs around the world, if Trump follows through. "It is hard for anyone here to understand the likelihood of this coming into effect, but if it did, it would have a huge impact," said a visual artist in the industry who declined to be named over fears of losing financing. "It would be devastating." (Reporting by Paul Sandle in London, Mike Kahn in Prague, Byron Kaye in Sydney and Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Additional reporting by Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles; Editing by Kenneth Li and Matthew Lewis)
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By Paul Sandle, Michael Kahn, Byron Kaye and Dawn Chmielewski LONDON/PRAGUE/SYDNEY/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"Star Wars: Starfighter" is filming in Britain, soundstages in Hungary are packed and post-production houses in Australia are humming, as the global film industry keeps rolling despite U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed threats to impose tariffs on movies made outside of the United States. Trump has proposed levying a 100% tariff on films produced overseas to stem the loss of film jobs to production hubs around the world, reviving an idea he first broached in May. The initial call for tariffs jolted the film world, and temporarily halted projects and international movie finance deals as producers evaluated the potential impact of the levy on each project’s financial viability, two sources familiar with Hollywood motion-picture financing told Reuters. This time around, the reaction has been more muted. "Other than the initial flurry of 'Oh, he's said it again,' people are not taking it as seriously as they did the first time around," said Lee Stone, a partner at London law firm Lee & Thompson, who worked on the Emmy-winning Netflix show "Adolescence." Trump initially called for a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the country in early May, to stave off the "very fast death" of the American film industry as incentives lured filmmakers to production hubs around the world. The announcement – just weeks before the Cannes Film Festival – caused a panic. "It was terrible timing. Everyone was saying, 'What's going to happen?'" said Stone, noting that Trump's threat resulted in temporary paralysis. "I'm not getting the impression that there's the same pause this time." Newly released data from industry researcher ProdPro reveals that while overall spending is down 15% from last year, amid a pullback in scripted television series and big-budget feature films, there is no evidence that Hollywood is abandoning global production hubs. "We’re not seeing anything in the data that suggests studios are opting to film more of their production in the U.S. because of concern about the tariffs," said ProdPro CEO Alexander LoVerde. The U.S. remains the industry's largest production hub, accounting for $16.6 billion in spending over the last 12 months, according to ProdPro. However, Hollywood studios and streaming services spent even more – $24.3 billion – on film and television projects produced outside the U.S. over that same period, ProdPro reported, as they took advantage of tax credits, lower labor costs and world-class soundstages. The United Kingdom has become a major beneficiary of the Hollywood exodus, attracting $8.7 billion in film and scripted TV spending over the past year, including major film productions like "Star Wars: Starfighter," the much-buzzed-about next entry in the "Star Wars" saga set for release in May 2027. Canada comes in a close second with $6.4 billion, according to ProdPro's most recent report on production trends. Other regions – Australia, Ireland, Hungary and Spain – together accounted for nearly one-quarter of all production. COVID-19 SUPERCHARGED PRODUCTION EXODUS The COVID-19 pandemic and the Hollywood strikes by U.S. writers and actors supercharged the exodus that began years earlier. "Australia became a bit of a production bubble where particularly in Queensland, productions could continue even as the rest of the world shut down," said University of Melbourne film expert Kirsten Stevens. Prague increased its tax breaks from 20% to 25% in January, while Britain offers relief of 25.5% on qualifying films and TV productions, with a higher rate for animated films and a new credit for smaller independent films. In places like Central Europe, a deep filmmaking tradition and lower labor costs have attracted a long list of Hollywood films including the Russo brothers' "The Gray Man," Netflix's Oscar-winning "All Quiet on the Western Front" in the Czech Republic, and Warner Bros Studios' "Dune: Part Three," which began shooting this summer in Hungary. "Hungarian soundstages are currently operating at full capacity with both international and domestic productions," Csaba Kael, government commissioner for the development of the Hungarian Motion Picture Industry, told Reuters. Any change in U.S. trade policy would take time to implement, Kael said. Hollywood studios have found that distributing work across multiple locations can accelerate the production timetable, allowing films to be completed faster and cheaper. "It's not uncommon at high-end films that a bunch of work would come to Australia, but a bunch of work also might go to New Zealand and to London and to somewhere else," said Mike Seymour, Emmy-nominated visual effects specialist and lecturer at the University of Sydney. "Sometimes the film is being worked on literally 24 hours a day because of all the time zones," he said. STUDIOS PUSH FOR U.S. TAX INCENTIVES INSTEAD For the moment, it is business as usual for filmmakers, said Stephen Weizenecker, an entertainment lawyer with Barnes & Thornburg in Atlanta. They are hoping to avoid any interruption that throws off the schedule of a production, which can result in actors, directors or even a filming location being unavailable. "The film industry dislikes uncertainty," Weizenecker said. "Once it starts to hesitate, it means a project stops altogether." A coalition of American film industry unions and guilds, joined by veteran actor Jon Voight, has asked Trump to consider implementing a federal tax incentive to put domestic film production on a more competitive footing with incentives offered in other countries. "What we really want is a national tax incentive that would be more effective than any tariffs," one studio executive said. Meanwhile, a bill with bipartisan support, known as the CREATE Act, was introduced in the U.S. Congress this past summer. It would extend a tax deduction for U.S. productions, which is set to expire in December, and increase the cap on deductible costs. The looming threat of tariffs raises concern about the potential impact on the economy and livelihoods in production hubs around the world, if Trump follows through. "It is hard for anyone here to understand the likelihood of this coming into effect, but if it did, it would have a huge impact," said a visual artist in the industry who declined to be named over fears of losing financing. "It would be devastating." (Reporting by Paul Sandle in London, Mike Kahn in Prague, Byron Kaye in Sydney and Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Additional reporting by Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles; Editing by Kenneth Li and Matthew Lewis)
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