EDITORIAL
The price of fame...
Minnesota native Tyler Jacob was freed late last week after being detained for 10 days by the Russian military in Ukraine. He was traveling on a bus with others trying to escape the violence when he was detained at a checkpoint for several hours before being moved to a jail the next morning. He believes he was singled out for a simple reason. “The Russians believe in this myth that 007, the legend, his cover story is being an English teacher,” Jacob said. “So they thought that I was, like, the legend.” After going through all his devices, and seeing that he did not have in his contact list anyone they were suspicious of, the Russians realized he was who he said he was. Jacob said the person who questioning him said, “You’re just an English teacher in a bad situation.”...
Have a pleasant Friday night at the movies,
Jean Constant
Last year total production spend in Hungary reached $650 million – a new record, and nearly 30% higher than in the last pre-pandemic year of 2019. Instrumental to that success has been the buy-in from both the government and the private sector, with a streamlined permit process, state-of-the-art sound stages and facilities, and highly skilled English-speaking crews contributing to make Hungary the second-largest production hub in Europe, after the U.K. In addition, Hungary offers a 30% cash rebate (that can reach 37.5% through the addition of qualifying non-Hungarian costs), as well as production costs that are 30%-35% lower than those in the U.S. or U.K., and 25% lower than in Western Europe...