FinMin visits 'Hollywood superproduction' Slingshot shoot in Hungary

Finance Minister Mihaly Varga has visited the set of a "Hollywood superproduction" Slingshot at the Korda Studios on the outskirts of Budapest. He met the crew and lead actors including Oscar-winning Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburn shooting the science fiction thriller in Etyek with director Mikael Hafstrom, the minister said in a video on Facebook.Varga said that film productions in Hungary generated revenue of over 200 billion forints (EUR 555m) last year, in spite of the pandemic. The local film industry employs 20,000 people, he added.