How can the LGBT law affect Hungary
Several years ago, Hollywood has taken a stance against the controversial “pigeon bill” in North Carolina HB 2 and was behind HB 142 Targeting sexually transformed people By withdrawing production outside the state, including the prominent decision of Netflix To move what has become one of her biggest songs, External banksTo South Carolina.
Film and television studios are now facing a similar moral dilemma with Hungary, a country that has become a pioneering European photography site. Two of the best candidates for photos for this year, Sandin dunes: Part Two and BrutalThe shooting there was.
Anti -gay and gay legislation Last month, the general gatherings of LGBTQ+ – including the annual Budapest pride – banned – Street protests, which were blocked this week with a constitutional amendment. He has gone through an overwhelming majority in the Hungarian Parliament, which is controlled by an alliance led by Popcular Prime Minister Victor Urban.
This is the latest in a series of moves targeting the LGBTQ community in the country over the past few years, including the previous amendment that prohibits gay adoption and “child protection” that prohibits “portraying or promoting sexual homosexuality for anyone under the age of 18.
There was no immediate reaction in Hollywood to the latest legislation in the context of general screaming on North Carolina’s laws. None of the studios, production companies, or signs that are close to the deadline that have films and TV series in Hungary, with the current products remain in the central European country and the absence of photography or before production affected by the continuous turmoil there.
This includes the legendary Tentpole Sand dunes Timothy Chalithit and Zindaya, whose interior collections are on the vocal stages in the Hungarian capital, Budapest. Sources said that it will continue to use it for the next third film in the concession, and production is scheduled to start in late summer.
It is also said that he resides in Budapest for its next second season, now in the pre -production stage, is the HBO/Legendary series Sand dunes: prophecyPreviously for Dennis Felinov movies.
Apple films original Tubes From Skydance and Mattel movies, starring John Cena, wraps production in Hungary this week, while A billion dollar spy The Russell Crowe championship has just started rolling in the country, we hear.
Participated in Europe, Robin Ostlund The entertainment system is broken,, Which includes American stars such as Keanu Reeves and Kirsten Dunst, was also filmed in Budapest where she built a detailed plane around a real Boeing 747.
On the TV side, the Triller Peacock/Universal TV War Cold War series DowryStarring Emilia Clark, currently depicted in Hungary, with the Apple TV+/Skydance series 12 12 12Sources said that Anthony Maki and Jimmy Dornan, imagined by Anthony Maki and Jimmy Dornan, is scheduled to start shooting in May.
Production on science fiction drama in Netflix 3 problem with the body It is believed that he moves to Hungary from the United Kingdom for the 2 and 3 seasons, who are rumored to shoot his back. The sign did not confirm the start of production or site, but it is said that the second season in the pre -production stage in Hungary, where filming is expected to start later this year.
Hungary was also a major photography site for the first season of Peacock’s The day of Ibn Awi With Eddie Redmain. This is unclear yet Where will be shot on season 2.
Likewise, Sony planned Championship forces The NELLL BLOMKAMP feature, which does not contain the start or production date for production, explores Hungary as a photography site but no final decision has been made.
This decision may be one of the first indicators on whether Hollywood will be affected by the recent infringement of LGBTQ rights in the country or whether the financial trend of Hungary’s shooting will prove very attractive.
Hungary has a very competitive tax credit, estimated at 30 %, including costs above the line. Unlike other places that offer tax incentives, it is known that Hungary pays its credit in advance, and it is beneficial to the producers. It also witnessed the available local crews.
One of the producers said: “Something Draconien should happen to Hollywood tax credit to give up the country,” said one of the producers.
It is likely that you add to the silent reaction to the events in Hungary is the fact that Hollywood types say they believe that North Carolina Carolina is It will help in making change. (The controversial HB 142 has ended in the country in December 2020 and was not revived.) They do not believe that such a general position will be effective in the case of Hungary, as Urban has been in power since 2010 on a platform targeting the LGBTQ community frequently.
In addition, while Hungary has gone further, as it deprived people of the right to assemble in peace for pride and other LGBTQ+ events under the new constitutional amendment – while spreading face recognition to track down participants and double citizens facing citizenship in the United States, it is difficult to condemn the country to attack LGBTQ+ rights.
The new constitutional amendment, which was voted in Hungary on Monday, includes an almost identical condition for an executive order signed by Trump at the beginning of his second term, which only recognizes the two sexes: males and females.
However, it is possible that the best Hollywood talents will not be comfortable in working in Hungary under the current circumstances, which leads to fewer stores in the country. Studios are likely to be more inclined to conduct an invitation to photograph elsewhere in future projects than in the current films and TV programs-such as those mentioned above-which have already spent millions of dollars in construction stages and building in Hungary, making a step at the last minute expensive.
“Local production services and the arts are very annoying,” says a person on the ground in Hungary. “They know that people will not return here to film films. They know that they will reduce their works.”