Jackie Chan likely to film movie in Hungary
BUDAPEST: Jackie Chan is likely to film his next movie in Hungary.
Jackie, who was the guest star at the opening ceremony of the 2017 Chinese Film Festival here, had told reporters: “Hungary is a place where I have always wanted to come, the scenery here is really beautiful, and most importantly it is cheap, and that counts nowadays when making movies around the world becomes more and more expensive.”
The festival had begun with the screening of five movies, one of which was Jackie Chan’s Kung Fu Yoga.
Added Jackie: “Hungary has a very good filming environment. Today, I arrived at five o’clock, but I immediately went to see the city’s scenery: it is really very beautiful, and also very clean, the air and the weather are also very good, I consider making a film here.”
According to Jackie, he had wanted to shoot Shanghai Noon
Hungary is a place where I have always wanted to come, the scenery here is really beautiful, and most importantly it is cheap, and that counts nowadays when making movies around the world becomes more and more expensive. Jackie Chan, martial arts actor
2 in Hungary, However, because of tax issues, the set was moved to Prague instead.
To date, Jackie has made about 250 movies.
At one juncture, he was mulling retirement. But then he suddenly made headway in the US market.
Recalled Jackie: “When the US market shrank, the Chinese market started to grow, and was getting bigger and bigger. I do not know when to retire. I believe in work transformation, later, and then a few years later I will mainly act in feature films, art films, and fewer action films.”
The festival here shall also be screening Xuan Zang, a biographical movie based on Xuanzang’s journey to India during the Tang dynasty, The Book of Love, a romantic comedy, as well as Operation Mekong, which is an action film and finally Mountains May Depart.
“Chinese cinema has a rich history of more than 110 years, and went through major reforms and development over the last ten years,” said Zhang Hongsen, head of the film bureau at China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.
He added: “Today, China is an international powerhouse in film productions and became the biggest market for films with the greatest number of film screens in the world.”