Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Tony Vinciquerra, Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO, issued a warning Monday that the union deals that halted the Hollywood strikes are forcing production out of the U.S.
Speaking at the TV market Mipcom in Cannes, where he received the Variety Vanguard Award, Vinciquerra said that the cost differential between the U.S.
and other countries and regions like the U.K., Australia and Eastern Europe meant that Hollywood productions would continue to migrate abroad.
He put this down to the lower cost of crew overseas and higher tax incentives there. “The contract terms are forcing productions out of the U.S.
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