Underdog stars an actor.
Adam Rifkin -LRB- born December 31 , 1966 in Chicago -RRB- , sometimes credited as Rif Coogan , is an American film director , producer , actor and screenwriter .. His career ranges from broad family comedies to dark and gritty urban dramas .. Rifkin is best known in Hollywood circles for writing family-friendly comedies like MouseHunt and 2007 's Underdog .. MouseHunt. MouseHunt ( film ). Underdog. Underdog ( film ). Most recently Rifkin directed Giuseppe Makes a Movie , a 2014 documentary about the micro-budget films of actor / director Giuseppe Andrews .. Giuseppe Makes a Movie. Giuseppe Makes a Movie. He completed work on feature film Director 's Cut in 2015 .. As of May 2016 , Rifkin was in pre-production on his next feature film , Dog Years .