The crew of the film Fehér tenyér (White Palms) arrived home in late April from a two-week shoot in Canada and Las Vegas. Both locations are featured in the script, so filmmakers used the original settings for the scenes that take place in Calgary and at the Cirque du Soleil. Tom Cruise is rumoured to be interested in the film, which will continue to be shot in Budapest from June. »

The large-scale production by a Dutch director started its 50-day shooting on June 18. The English-speaking Crusade in Jeans is produced by Kasander Film, which was behind Greenaway’s movies. The EUR 10.5 million project is a joint effort by Dutch,  German, Belgian, British, Luxemburg-based and Hungarian partners. »

An American journalist,  Julian Rubinstein wrote a non-fiction novel about his story, and Warner intends to make a Hollywood movie starring Johnny Depp out of it. But the film rights of the life of Attila Ambrus are with director György Dobray, so he’ll be the first to shoot a feature film about the Whiskey Robber. »