“FOOSBALL: THE UNBEATABLES” Kicks in Philippines Cinemas Ahead Of U.S. Release.
The local movie-going audience will
soon be treated to an early release date of the English-dubbed family adventure
movie “Foosball: The Unbeatables” as it opens this October 1 in cinemas
nationwide, months ahead of its U.S. release.
Originally entitled “Metegol” in
Argentine-Spanish and voiced with native Argentinian talents, the movie is known
in the US as “Underdogs” and has also used the title “Unbeatables” in other
international territories such as the Philippines.
“Foosball: The Unbeatables” is Juan
José Campanella’s first cinematographic project since he was awarded the Oscar®
for “The Secret in Their Eyes” while Sergio Pablos, creator of the original
idea for “Despicable Me” and supervised “Rio”
is the Animation Head of the movie.
The movie’s English-dubbed voice
cast is headed by “Harry Potter’s” Rupert Grint as the film’s hero- Amadeo,
along with Anthony Head (who also starred in “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters”),
Darren Boyd, Diego Ramos and promising new actress Eve Ponsoby. Additionally, well-known British TV
thespians– Alex Norton (“Taggart”), Peter Serafinowicz (voiced Darth Maul in “Star
Wars 1: The Phantom Menace”) and Scottish comedian Lewis MacLeod, an ex-player
for Scottish club Rangers – join the movie as the Foosball soccer player
figurines who come to life to help Amadeo.
The film tells the story of Amadeo, a
shy table soccer genius whose foosball figures come alive to help him save his
local town and win his childhood sweetheart, both threatened by a preening
soccer mega-star. With the help of the
foosball players, Amadeo will have to face his most terrible rival on the
football pitch: the Champ. Guided by
their leader, the charismatic Right Winger, the foosball players and Amadeo
will set off on a great adventure together, like a true team, to get back the
dignity that the Champ stole from them. Football is the stage on which this
story of love, respect, friendship and passion is played out.
The
movie received cheers and bows when it was featured as the opening film in the
last Spanish Film Festival held at San
Sebastian. A coproduction of Hispano-Argentinian, Jorge Estrada Mora
Producciones, Plural Jempsa and Atresmedia Cine, in association with 100 Bares Producciones and
Catmandu Entertainment, in association with CANAL+ and Telefe, with the
participation of Antena 3 and La Sexta, the production team of “Foosball” created
animation anew with its unique look and visual style.
Gaston
Gorali, “Foosball’s” producer and co-writer guarantees that the movie was
produced with careful attention to details.
“The technological demands that Foosball required deserve a separate
chapter. The project required more
processing of data than what it is normally used in a bank with millions of
customers, but thanks to the collaboration of great technology partners such as
HP, Intel and Telefonica to have overcome such obstacles in completing the
movie,” says Gorali.
Kick
against the odds when “Foosball: The Unbeatables” opens October 1 in local
theaters nationwide from Axinite Digicinema.
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