--- title: NSC Says It Created North Korean Summit Film Trump Showed Kim description: The National Security Council has claimed credit for the film President Trump showed North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un canonical: https://time.com/5310826/national-security-council-video-north-korea-summit/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-13T12:52:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:33:33.542Z article:section: Politics og:title: National Security Council Says It Made That Video President Trump Showed Kim Jong Un Before the North Korean Summit og:description: The film credited a production company in California, who denied any involvement og:url: https://time.com/5310826/national-security-council-video-north-korea-summit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6808652d9c8b861c/698932ef096a94eafa6a2ab0/screen-shot-2018-06-13-at-8-19-31-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-06-13 at 8.19.31 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: National Security Council Says It Made That Video President Trump Showed Kim Jong Un Before the North Korean Summit twitter:description: The film credited a production company in California, who denied any involvement twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6808652d9c8b861c/698932ef096a94eafa6a2ab0/screen-shot-2018-06-13-at-8-19-31-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # National Security Council Says It Created That Video President Trump Showed Kim Jong Un Before the North Korean Summit  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jun 13, 2018 12:52 PM UTC  The White House caused confusion after it credited Destiny Pictures with a film shown during the North Korea Summit. Destiny Pictures is a production company in California and said it was not involved in the film. The White House caused confusion after it credited Destiny Pictures with a film shown during the North Korea Summit. Destiny Pictures is a production company in California and said it was not involved in the film.Courtesy the White House  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jun 13, 2018 12:52 PM UTC The National Security Council has claimed credit for the [film President Trump showed North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un](http://time.com/5309671/donald-trump-video-kim-jong-un/) right before their much-anticipated meeting, following a confusing series of events with a California production company. “The video was created by the National Security Council to help the president demonstrate the benefits of complete denuclearization, and a vision of a peaceful and prosperous Korean peninsula,” NSC spokesman Garrett Marquis said in a statement. The dramatic four-minute film, which was also shown to the media right before Trump’s press conference after his meeting with Kim, touted opportunities that could be available to North Korea in the future should he “shake the hand of peace,” and was credited to Destiny Pictures. **“**Destiny Pictures presents a story of opportunity. A new story. A new beginning. Out of peace. Two men, two leaders, one destiny,” the voice-over in the film said. Destiny Pictures is a real production company in California. But Mark Castaldo, the founder of the company, said he had nothing to do with the film. “We had no involvement in the video,” he wrote in an email to _TIME_ on Tuesday, a statement that was also posted on the [company’s website.](https://www.destinypictures.biz/) He wrote on [Twitter Tuesday](https://twitter.com/DestinyPictures/status/1006711580191383552) that he woke up to hundreds of emails and calls across the globe. Castaldo told _TIME_ he thinks it was an innocent mistake. “I think that whoever made the video just used/ inserted “destiny” metaphorically and used it,” he wrote in an email. “To convey what they wanted to see or what’s in store for the future.” _With reporting by Tessa Berenson/Washington_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5310826/national-security-council-video-north-korea-summit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5310826/national-security-council-video-north-korea-summit/"},"headline":"National Security Council Says It Created That Video President Trump Showed Kim Jong Un Before the North Korean Summit","datePublished":"2018-06-13T12:52:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:33:33.542Z","description":"The film credited a production company in California, who denied any involvement","url":"https://time.com/5310826/national-security-council-video-north-korea-summit/","keywords":["White House","North Korea","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6808652d9c8b861c/698932ef096a94eafa6a2ab0/screen-shot-2018-06-13-at-8-19-31-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6808652d9c8b861c/698932ef096a94eafa6a2ab0/screen-shot-2018-06-13-at-8-19-31-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2018-06-13 at 8.19.31 AM","caption":"The White House caused confusion after it credited Destiny Pictures with a film shown during the North Korea Summit. 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