It’s long been a shining part of Calgary’s economy, but U.S. President Donald Trump has suddenly cast a dark cloud over the city’s film industry.
In a post Sunday night on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he has authorized the Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to slap a 100 per cent tariff “on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.”
“It feels like a real gut punch,” said Deborah Yedlin, president & CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.
The city has made a cameo in several big-ticket films and T.V. shows over the years — standing in for the city of Metropolis in the 1983 film Superman III, and more recently, featuring in the HBO drama, The Last of Us.
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The lights are bright — and it’s even bigger business.
“Think about how consumed we were by the filming of The Last of Us…