Bad Cat Serafín

The Cat in the Middle (Spanish: El gato en el medio) is an upcoming Mexican computer-animated action comedy film written, produced, and directed by Zack Isaac, based on the Turkish comic strip series Kötü Kedi Şerafettin created by Bülent Üstün. It is scheduled to be theatrically released in the Mexico on Videocine and will be released on Universal Pictures internationally in cinemas, and the film's release was also simultaneously available on Netflix with Premier Access.

Plot
In one of the worst neighborhoods in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Leopoldo the seagull and Héctor the Rat prepare for the big party organized by Serafín, the leader of the gang, a temperamental and crazy cat. But what starts out as just one more night on the town will soon turn into out-of-control chaos.

Voice cast (In Mexican version and the Spanish dub)

 * Zack Isaac as Serafín / Seraph, a bad cat.
 * Omar Chaparro as Tito / Tim, the son of Serafín.
 * Alan Estrada as the comic book writer, an unnamed man who is killed by Serafín.
 * Eugenio Derbez as Héctor, a rat and the best friend of Serafín.
 * Facundo as Leopoldo / Leopold, a seagull.
 * Joel Isaac as Sebastián, the owner of Serafín.
 * Gabriel Nava as Adrián, a black cat with green eyes.
 * Benny Emmanuel as Duardo / Dward, a police officer.
 * Ale Müller as Mariana / Mary, the wife of Serafín and the mother of Tito.
 * Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste as Beto / Bob, a seagull.
 * Jesse Conde as Salvador / Seth, a grocer
 * Madga Giner as Serena, the wife of Salvador.
 * Emilio Treviño as Aarón, a bulldog.
 * Bruno Coronel as Efraín, a beagle.
 * Xóchitl Ugarte as an ambulance officer
 * Ricardo Arnaiz as a commissioner
 * Marvick Núñez as an ambulance officer

English dubbed version

 * Seth MacFarlane as Serafín
 * Jack Fisher as Tito
 * James Franco as the comic book writer
 * Eddie Murphy as Héctor
 * Seth Green as Leopoldo
 * Mark Wahlberg as Sebastián
 * Patrick Warburton as Adrián
 * Johnny Rose as Duardo
 * Jessica Barth as Mariana
 * Zohar Dvir as Beto
 * Bill Nighy as Salvador
 * Dina Doron as Serena
 * Adam Sandler as Aarón
 * Val Kilmer as Efraín
 * Simon Wells as an ambulence officer
 * Brenda Chapman as an ambulence officer
 * Rob Schneider as a comissioner

Hindi dubbed version

 * Prashant Patel as Serafín
 * Karan Khedekar as Tito
 * Sanjay Chheda as the comic book writer
 * Madhur Lonkar as Héctor
 * Anil Kumar as Leopoldo
 * Krishna Patel as Sebastián
 * Ganesha Prem as Adrián
 * Shiva Gajiwala as Duardo
 * Sangeeta Delhi as Mariana
 * Mahesh Khan as Beto
 * Saurabh Vikal as Salvador
 * Lakita Vikal as Serena
 * Ankur Zutshi as Aarón
 * Seth Pudi as Efraín

Hebrew dubbed version

 * Daniel Polosetzky as Serafín
 * Moshe Zimmerman as Tito
 * Adam Lahar as the comic book writer
 * Avi Bratkowski as Héctor
 * Kobi Hirsch as Leopoldo
 * Ya'akov Polosetzky as Sebastián
 * Etan Araszkiewicz as Adrián
 * Ido Mosseri as Duardo
 * Michal Reshef as Mariana
 * Zohar Dvir as Beto
 * Aharon Dutkiewicz as Salvador
 * Dina Doron as Serena
 * David Pulaski as Aarón
 * Yaron Kippenberger as Efraín

French dubbed version

 * Luc Besson as Serafín
 * Gad Elmaleh as Tito
 * Bibo Bergeron as the comic book writer
 * Pierre Coffin as Héctor
 * Franck Gastambide as Leopoldo
 * Pierre Perifel as Sebastián
 * Olivier Megaton as Adrián
 * Camille Delamarre as Duardo
 * Virginie Silla as Mariana
 * Thomas Astruc as Beto
 * Antoine DuBois as Salvador
 * Florence DuBois as Serena
 * David Alaux as Aarón
 * Jean-Pierre François as Efraín

Development and release
The Cat in the Middle was a remake of the Turkish animated movie and the Turkish comic book series Kötü Kedi Şerafettin by Bülent Üstün. which worked on such animated content as Little Witch Academia franchise. It was produced by Little Witch Pictures. The film's producers were Zack Isaac and Leopoldo Aguilar. American-based Universal Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to this film in Mexico with the original Spanish dubbing, in the United States with English dubbing, in France with French dubbing, The film was dubbed in Hebrew in screened on Israel, The film was dubbed in Hindi in India for Little Witch+.

Animation
The film uses the 3D animation format with computer-generated making it the production from Metacube Technology & Entertainment outside of their Día de Muertos since 2019.

Music
Leoncio Lara Bon, Pablo Borghi and Leonardo Heiblum has composed music for the film with a Latin pop, Latin rock, Reggaetón, Cumbia, Bolero, Salsa, Bachata, Flamenco and Mariachi performance in Cancún, Quintana Roo.

Home media
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in Mexico. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in France by EuropaCorp Home Entertainment, It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Canada, Australia, United Kingdom and Ireland by Lionsgate Home Entertainment, and it was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the international by Universal Home Entertainment.

Controversy
It was banned in countries where the population is predominantly: United States, France, Brazil, Chile, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, Israel, China, Russia, Germany, Italy and Australia cannot be depicted in media. The movie was also banned in United States, but was later released in video DVD home media.