"I got a lot of: Yeah, you wouldn't get the money for that at the moment, I'm afraid.' he said. So I said: Why not?' [They replied:] Well, you know, if you want what comes with it ' His comments arrive at a time of concern over free speech under the second Trump administration. He added that he was warned of possible retribution. [I've been] talking to journalists out there who say, If you're on the list, your life is made miserable.' he said."
"[The message was], the inland revenue will come calling, you better lawyer up, you will spend the next four years just weighed down by legal issues you have to get through. While no more details were shared about the project, including whether it would be a TV series or film, he added that he was still determined to make it happen without US funding. Let's see what happens, he said."
"Nobody knows how it works, but that's not the point, he said. The point is, there will be financiers in America about to give money to a project going: Do you know what? Let's just see how this plays out before I hand that over.' And so you'll have another project sitting there. Iannucci, whose film credits include The Death of Stalin and The Personal History of David Copperfield, was most recently an executive producer on comedy series The Franchise."
Armando Iannucci has attempted to launch an untitled project based on Donald Trump's speeches. Potential US buyers and financiers have declined involvement, citing an unwillingness to fund the project at present and concerns about what participation might bring. Contacts warned of possible retribution, including audits and prolonged legal burdens that could make life difficult for those targeted. Iannucci intends to pursue the project without US funding. He also raised concerns about Trump's threatened tariffs on non-American production and how that could increase American financiers' hesitancy. Previous Trump-related productions have prompted legal pushback.
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