Researchers did extensive Freedom of Information Act requests and found that the Pentagon and CIA have helped support, influence, and edit hundreds of top Hollywood movies and thousands of TV shows.

US soldiers and spies heavily edit and rewrite scripts
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hollywood-cia-washington-dc-films-fbi-24-intervening-close-relationship-a7918191.html https://twitter.com/willmenaker/status/1342692153647050752
In addition to influencing and editing US films & TV shows, the CIA stops subversive scripts from being made.

The CIA sabotaged a Marlon Brando movie about Iran-Contra, using a front company run by war criminal Oliver North to outbid Brando for the rights https://theconversation.com/washington-dcs-role-behind-the-scenes-in-hollywood-goes-deeper-than-you-think-80587
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