Majors, Catalonia pact on dubbing

BARCELONA -- The Hollywood majors and also the government of Catalonia, among Spain's richest regions, have agreed the relation to a peace pact within the thorny problem of dubbing studio photos in to the Catalan language. From November to This summer, the galleries declined release a any films in Catalonia, following a new audiovisual law stipulated that, during a period of seven years, 1 / 2 of paper run of the major's releases needed to be named or subtitled in to the local language. That law still lacks detailed regulation permitting it in the future into pressure. The offer states that, with an experimental basis on the two-year period, the galleries will release 25 movies with an average 25 Catalan-named print stumble upon a network of 50 screens in Catalonia. This past year, the galleries launched five Catalan-named movies with an average 15 prints in Catalonia. The region's Participants Union has additionally decided to the offer. The pact will require in Sony's "The Adventures of Tintin: The Key from the Unicorn," the Vital-launched "Puss in Boots" and Fox's "Alvin and also the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel." Generally, movies named into Catalan is going to be toonpics, family fare and blockbusters, Luis Hernandez p Carlos, prexy of The spanish language distrib lobby Fedicine, which groups together all Hollywood's The spanish language sub-branches, told Variety. The Catalan-named game titles will have 50 screens at theaters with three or even more screens, making certain that they're not left in sparsely populated locations. In a joint Catalan government-Fedicine press conference, Felix Riera, director from the Catalan Institute of Cultural Industries, believed the brand new deal could raise visitors for Catalan-named studio fare from 117,471 this year to at least one.5 million in 2012. But nobody knows quite the way the move will have out. Both sides will evaluate the results after 2 yrs, stated Hernandez p Carlos, after which select how to maneuver on after that. John Hopewell led for this article. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com