Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is a 2017 American animated superhero comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and based on the children's novel series Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey. The film was directed by David Soren, written by Nicholas Stoller, and features the voices of Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Nick Kroll, Thomas Middleditch, Jordan Peele, and Kristen Schaal. In the film, two fourth-grade pranksters named George (Hart) and Harold (Middleditch) hypnotize their mean humorless principal named Mr. Krupp (Helms) into thinking he is a superhero named Captain Underpants to avoid them being put in separate classrooms.
DreamWorks acquired the film rights to the novel series in 2011, with CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg initially reluctant to adapting the material. During production, Soren and producer Mark Swift worked with Pilkey in ensuring the film's accuracy to the books' illustrations and spirit. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie premiered at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on May 21, 2017, and was released theatrically in the United States on June 2 by 20th Century Fox. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $125 million against a budget of $38 million. This was the last DreamWorks movie to be released by Fox, as their five-year distribution deal ended afterwards.
A spin-off television series The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants was released on Netflix on July 13, 2018, while a spin-off film Dog Man was released by Universal Pictures on January 31, 2025.
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