Underdogs

Underdogs
The Unbeatables
Original Title	Metegol
Original Language	Spanish
Dubbing Studio 1	Angell Sound
Dubbing Studio 2	Harbour Sound Goldcrest Post Oracle Post Formosa Santa Monica Parabolic NY Technicolor Sound Wildfire Sonic Magic
Voice Director 1	Nick Angell
Voice Director 2	Dann Fink
Translation & Adaptation	Michael Smith Richard O. Smith Michael Broadbridge David Burgess (369 Productions Dub)
Recorded	2014 2015
Dub Country 1	United Kingdom
Dub Country 2	United States
Original Country	Argentina Spain
Year	2013

Underdogs (known as Metegol in Argentina and The Unbeatables in the United Kingdom) is a 2013 Argentine 3D computer-animated comedy co-written and directed by Juan J. Campanella. The film is loosely based on the short story Memorias de un wing derecho (Memoirs of a Right Winger) by Argentine writer Roberto Fontanarrosa. Gaston Gorali, co-writer and producer of the film, and Eduardo Sacheri (who had previously worked with Campanella for the classic film The Secret in Their Eyes) developed the screenplay with Campanella.

Synopsis A young man named Amadeo sets off on an unexpected adventure with the players of his beloved Foosball game.

Dubbing History

An English-language version of the film was produced in the United Kingdom by 369 Productions with Vertigo Films handling the distribution rights and was released under the name The Unbeatables on 15 August 2014. The UK dub features stars such as Rupert Grint, Rob Brydon, Anthony Head, Ralf Little, Alistair McGowan, Peter Serafinowicz, and Eve Ponsonby.

In March 2014, The Weinstein Company acquired distribution rights for the film in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and France, with plans to release their own English-language version of the film under the title Underdogs. The US dub features Ariana Grande, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Morrison, Katie Holmes, John Leguizamo, Eugenio Derbez, Taran Killam, Bobby Moynihan, Chazz Palminteri, and Mel Brooks. The film was originally going to be released theatrically in 2014 but was pushed back several times. A week before a planned August 14, 2015 release, the film was pulled from the schedule. It was released direct-to-video on 19 July 2016.

Cast

Image	Character	Original Actor	369 Productions	Weinstein
	Amadeo	David Masajnik	Rupert Grint	Matthew Morrison
			Darren Boyd (adult)
		Luciana Falcón (young)	Oscar Leonard (young)	Shawn Mendes (young)
	Capi	Pablo Rago	Raif Little	Taran Killam
	Loco	Horacio Fontova	Peter Serafinowicz	John Leguizamo
	Beto	Fabián Gianola	Rob Brydon	Eugenio Derbez
	Capitán Liso	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	Alex Norton	Bobby Moynihan
	Laura	Lucía Maciel	Eve Ponsonby	Ariana Grande
				Katie Holmes (adult)
			Fern Deacon (young)	Bella Thorne (young)
	Grosso	Diego Ramos	Anthony Head	Nicholas Hoult
		Mariana Otero (young)	Jack Maison-Hayman (young)	Brooklyn Beckham (young)
	Carmiño	Lucila Gómez	David Schneider	Taran Killam
	Manager	Coco Sily	Stanley Townsend	Mel Brooks
	Matías	Natalia Rosminati	Zac Lester	Nolan Lyons
	Malparitti I	Ezequiel Cipols	Andrew Knott	Bobby Moynihan
	Malparitti II	Gabriel Almirón
	Coreano	Roberto Kim	Adam Longworth
	El Pulpo	Sebastián Mogordoy	Nigel Hastings	Dan McCabe
	Lechuga	Juan José Campanella	¿?	¿?
	Milton	Alejandro Piar	Matt Wilkinson	¿?
	Igor	Igor Samoilov	Lewis MacLeod	¿?
	Cordobés	Federico Cecere	Geronimo Rauch	Dann Fink
	Priest	Ernesto Claudio	Jon Glover	Tony Daniels
	El Raton	¿?	Simon Purdey	Dann Fink
	Evaristo	Marcos Mundstock	Adam Longworth	Chazz Palminteri
	Subcomisario Bautista Pizano	¿?	Simon Greenall	¿?
	Armando	Juan José Campanella		Bruce Winant
	Eusebio		Lewis MacLeod	¿?
N/A (voice only)	Aristides	Jorge Troiani	Alistair McGowan	Jay Pharoah
	Tenuta		Jonathan Pearce	Dan Patrick

Additional Voices

369 Productions Dub Nick Angell - Flash's Gang Damian Bakris - Flash's Gang Malcolm Boyden - Stadium Announcer Jon Glover - The Mayor, Thug Adam Longworth - The Guy'ner, The Trainer Lewis MacLeod - Gill Etter Lorraine Pilkington - Flash's Gang Simon Purdey - Claret Player David Schneider - Fairground Attendant Jamie Staveley - Flash's Gang Dominic Thomas - Flash's Gang

Weinstein Dub Greg Abbott Matthew Ballard Bianca Camacho Tony Daniels - The Carnie Dan Edelstein Steve French Anna Garduno Elan Garfias Jason Griffith - Jerry in the Blimp, Ace's Friend #1 Nicholas Guest Timothy Gulan Ashley Lambert Selenis Leyva Bill Lobley Dan McCabe - Ace's Friend #2 Scott Menville Di Quon Armando Riesco Sandy Rustin Piers Stubbs Jen Tullock Alexis Del Vecchio John Walton West Bruce Winant - The Mayor Sally Winter

Character Names

Various name changes occur in both dubs.

Original Name	UK Name	US Name
Amadeo		Jake
Capi	Captain Skip
Loco		Ziggy
Beto	Rico
Capitán Liso	Gregor	Captain Rip
Laura	Lara	Laura
Grosso	Flash	Ace
Carmiño	Chester	Rufus
Manager		Agent
Matías	Matty
Malparitti I	Beville Beville	Nino Mustachio
Malparitti II	Beville	Gino Mustachio
Coreano	Psy Kick	Dr. Gregory Chan
El Pulpo	Mac	Bruno
Lechuga	Jono	Angry Mike
Milton	Stevie	Rasta Chris
Igor	Sawnoffski	Igor
Cordobés	Adriano	Jerry Curls/Cordoba
Priest	Father Dick Dawkins	Father Fitzpatrick
El Raton	Fast Fingers Flynn	Freddy Fingers
Evaristo	Stinky
Subcomisario Bautista Pizano	Officer Robin	Officer Russell
Armando	Spencer	Cliff
Eusebio	Moxy	Gordon
Aristides	Ray	CJ
Tenuta	Bob	Ted

Notes

• The UK version The Unbeatables has around 11 minutes cut and the US version Underdogs has around 17 minutes cut.
• There is a teaser trailer with an English dub that is different from the previous 2 dubs.
• The English dub of it's spin-off series Underdogs United has a more direct dub with no changes or cuts, despite being named after The Weinstein Company gag dub.
• The film was originally written in Spanish. The American English dub was then translated back to Spanish and redubbed in Los Angeles for the US DVD release.

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Dub	Region	Country
Entertainment One	2015		369 Productions	2 PAL	United Kingdom
Anchor Bay Entertainment	2016		Weinstein	1 NTSC	United States

See Also

• Underdogs United

External Links

• Underdogs at the Internet Movie Database