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Hungary Implemented Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws, but Hollywood Probably Won’t Care
In the wake of Hungary's new law banning public LGBTQ events, the film commissioner says crew members and actors have no reason for concern.
But apart from prompting criticism from leading broadcasters such as HBO, SPI International and A+E Networks, which issued a joint statement denouncing homophobia, the law did nothing to dethrone Hungary as one of the world’s top production hubs. Also still on track to shoot in Hungary this spring is “ Alpha Gang,” an alien invasion comedy by “Sasquatch Sunset” filmmakers David and Nathan Zellner which will star Cate Blanchett, Dave Bautista, Steven Yeun, Zoë Kravitz, Léa Seydoux, Riley Keough and Channing Tatum. “This whole endeavor which we see launched by the government, it has nothing to do with children’s rights,” Dánel Döbrentey, a lawyer with the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, told AP, calling it “pure propaganda.”
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