Newsom Wants $7.5B Federal Tax Incentive; Bill Mechanic On Film Tariffs; NBC Renews 3 'Chicago' Series

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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. NEWSOM CHALLENGES TRUMP TO CREATE $7.5B FEDERAL TAX INCENTIVE "we're ready to bring even more jobs home," says the ambitious democratic california governor From the moment Donald Trump on May 4 suggested 100% tariffs on movies produced in “foreign lands," a throw-down with Gavin Newsom seemed inevitable. As the Golden State moves to increase its own film and TV tax credit program to $750 million annually, Gov. Newsom wants the feds to put their money where their MAGA is, to the tune of $7.5 billion. "California built the film industry — and we’re ready to bring even more jobs home," the governor wrote last night on social media after that $7.5 billion figure got out. "We’ve proven what strong state incentives can do. Now it’s time for a real federal partnership to Make America Film Again." Newsom, an ambitious two-term Democrat, knows talking about tax incentives nationally hits the right notes. Conveniently dovetailing into some of the notions offered this weekend to Trump at Mar-a-Lago by actor Jon Voight and his team, Newsom's pitch of a national tax incentive is clearly aimed at appealing to Trump's bigger-is-better inclinations. >>>Fluid Situation Related: Exclusive  Trump’s Kneejerk Hollywood Fix Is No Tariff-ic Idea: Bill Mechanic Examines The Pitfalls – Guest Column Trump Receives Jon Voight’s Plan To “Make Hollywood Great Again”; Studio Bosses Not Confirmed Yet To Meet POTUS SAG-AFTRA Open To “Advancing A Dialogue” With White House On U.S. Film Production IATSE Is “Engaging” With Trump On Movie Tariff Proposal, But Insists Federal Solution To Runaway Production Must “Do No Harm” To International Territories Adam Schiff Warns That Trump’s Proposed Movie Tariffs Could Have “Potentially Damaging Impacts”, Calls For Federal Film Tax Credit Deadline Exclusives & Originals A Good Day For Chicago - After only two early 2025-26 renewals for freshman comedies St. Denis Medical and Happy’s Place, NBC kicked off its pickups with three of its strongest series. Ahead of the network’s 2025-26 schedule reveal next Monday, NBC renewed Chicago Fire for a 14th season, Chicago P.D. for a 13th season and Chicago Med for an 11th season. >>> Some Budget Trims   'Rich Bitch' Pitch - Last week was a busy one for departing Channel 4 boss Alex Mahon. Mahon revealed her exit from the Gogglebox network on Monday after eight years and by Wednesday her new gig running live entertainment firm Superstruct had emerged. A day later, Deadline has revealed her agent was sending a book proposal to publishers and TV execs for Mahon’s debut novel, a thriller titled The Ritch Bitch Club, penned with Walter Presents founder Walter Iuzzolino, under the pseudonym Alex Walter. >>> "Strong Interest" From Buyers In Good Company - Oscar-winner Susan Sarandon, young actress Everly Carganilla (The Chair) and Aubrey Plaza are leading under-the-radar drama The Accompanist, a magical realist story from Sound Of Metal producer Caviar. Actor, writer, director and comedian Zach Woods, who starred in the U.S. version of The Office and HBO’s Silicon Valley, is making his feature directorial debut. >>> Plaza Producing MSNBC Prepares To Split - As MSNBC prepares to split off from the Comcast mothership later this year, MSNBC's new daytime lineup looks quite similar to the news-driven approach it has had with NBC News as a sister network. The difference is, the cabler is now building its own news operation from scratch. >>>Nimbleness Is Key Shia LaBeouf Saddles Up - Shia LaBeouf is set to star in God of the Rodeo, with Giannina Scott producing through her Cara Films banner and Ridley Scott and Michael Pruss producing through Scott Free Films. The crime thriller was written and directed by Rosalind Ross and is based on the reporting of Daniel Bergner inside the deadliest prison in the American South. >>>Redemption Story      The Deadline Interview ‘The Better Sister’ Stars Jessica Biel And Elizabeth Banks Reveal Their Real-Life Sisterly Bond When Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks signed on to play siblings in Prime Video‘s limited series The Better Sister, they felt an immediate familial-level connection. “It was very natural,” Banks said during a panel discussion Sunday at the Deadline Studio at Prime Experience. She joked with Biel, “I just started sh*tting on you pretty quickly, and then you took it, and then you gave it back a little. And then we just were like, ‘This is what it’s supposed to be.’” >>>Watch The Interview Renewals Exclusive Jimmy Tatro & Dan Lagana Teaming With A24 On ‘Lifties’ Comedy For HBO Exclusive Allen Media Group Renews All Nine Of Its Courtroom Shows "Sistas’ Spinoff ‘Divorced Sistas’ Starring LeToya Luckett Set At BET+ ‘Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan’ Canceled By Nickelodeon After 5 Seasons Casting About Exclusive Emmanuelle Chriqui (Superman & Lois), Jason O’Mara (Fire Country), chef Nancy Silverton and Javon Johnson (The Oval ) have joined the guest-starring cast of the hit Netflix and A+E Studios series The Lincoln Lawyer for Season 4. Exclusive Dolly Parton has announced the trio of actors who will play her in this summer’s pre-Broadway world premiere of Dolly: An Original Musical in Nashville. Katie Rose Clarke, Carrie St. Louis and Quinn Titcomb will each play the country music icon at different stages of her life. Emmy nominee Mandy Moore has found her next major role in The Breadwinner, a TriStar Pictures comedy in which she’ll star opposite top comic Nate Bargatze. Exclusive Apple’s Your Friends & Neighbors has cast Arienne Mandi (The Night Agent), Erin Robinson (Moonrise) and Bre Blair (S.W.A.T.) in recurring roles. In Brief - Lou Diamond Phillips joins Casa Grande: The Movie... Kali Reis joins Apple heist series 12 12 12... Netflix's Long Story Short sets premiere date, voice cast QUOTABLE "I'm not looking to hurt the industry" -   Donald Trump responding to concerns about his proposed 100% tariffs on foreign-produced films More News 🌴 Comedy series Acapulco will conclude after its upcoming fourth season, premiering with two episodes on Apple TV+ on July 23. 🎭 Good Night, and Good Luck, the new play by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, and directed by David Cromer, has broken its own all-time record for highest grossing play in Broadway history and is the first play to surpass a gross of $4 million in a single week. ⚡ So what exactly did that asterisk mean in the Thunderbolts* title? Marvel finally answered that question on social media. The asterisk denotes the movie’s subtitle *The New Avengers, which the movie’s ragtag group of Winter Soldier, Ghost, John Walker, Alexei Shostakov and Yelena Belova represents. They’re all expected to segue to Joe and Anthony Russo’s Avengers: Doomsday. ⚖️ The Supreme Court of British Columbia, where Lionsgate is officially headquartered, has approved full separation of the company’s studio business from Starz, the final step required to complete the split that’s been in the works for years. 🏆 Ann Telneas, who quit the Washington Post earlier this year after the publication rejected a cartoon depicting tech and media executives trying to curry favor with Donald Trump, was among the recipients of a Pulitzer Prize on Monday. Hirings, Promotions & Exits Exclusive Longtime CAA Agent John Campisi Moves To Management, Becomes Partner At Untitled Exclusive Jenny Daly Joins A. Smith & Co. Productions As President Pamela Goldman Joins Gersh To Lead New Voice Department Exclusive Danny Feldheim Joins The Walsh Company As EVP Of Television Billy Bush Leaving ‘Extra’ After 5 Seasons As Host On the Radar Wed - Disney earnings; Deadline Sound & Screen: Television Thu - WBD, Paramount, TKO Earnings; ACMAs; Joe Biden on The View Sun - Mother's Day Mon - Upfronts begin; Tom Cruise receives BFI Fellowship; Diddy trial opening statements Photo of the Day Superfine - Lupita Nyong'o, Gabrielle Union, Coco Jones and Zendaya attend the 2025 Met Gala celebrating the "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This email was sent to punjabsvera@gmail.com by Deadline. Please add email@email.deadline.com to your address book to ensure delivery to your inbox. Visit the Preferences Center to update your profile and customize what email alerts and newsletters you receive. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. 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