The blockbuster kids' book Captain Underpants is coming to the big screen. Dreamworks hopes the film's got the same caliber of pranks and potty humor that turned the books into best-sellers.

Captain Underpants, starring Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Jordan Peele and Kristen Schaal, opens on June 2. Yes, that pits it against Warner Bros./Time Warner Inc.'s Wonder Woman .

But when the latest film from DreamWorks Animation, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, bows June 2, it will be a bold experiment in a new studio model. THR has learned that the movie, which ...

This switcheroo comes with its own problems, since Captain Underpants is a famously dense hero — and even worse, the hypnotized Krupp thinks that he has the character’s superpowers, ...

EXCLUSIVE: After a spirited auction, DreamWorks Animation has acquired rights to make a feature out of Captain Underpants, the popular 8-volume book series by Dav Pilkey. DreamWorks Animation wasn ...

“Captain Underpants” turned out to be one of the animated surprises of the year as DreamWorks’ cheapest, most unconventional feature (outsourced to Canada and made for $38 million). Adapted ...

DreamWorks is outsourcing the production of "Captain Underpants," but where will they make it?

Thomas Middleditch has walked his fair share of red carpets as the star of HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” so the man knew how to make an entrance Sunday morning at the premiere of DreamWorks ...

DreamWorks Animation previously adapted Pilkey’s “Captain Underpants” series into a feature film in 2017, as well as an animated series that ran on Netflix from 2018 to 2020.