20th Century Fox’s animated adventure Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie tells the story of a grouchy principal who turns into the underwear-clad, super-powered invention of his two least ...

(CNN) -- Here's what you need to know about Captain Underpants, in brief: He's a pudgy comic superhero in a red cape and white undies, who flies through the pages of a series of children's books ...

The plot pulls from four installments of Dav Pilkey’s 12-book series about the adventures of 4th-grade pranksters George Beard and Harold Hutchins and their invented superhero, Captain Underp… ...

The University Libraries recently celebrated Banned Books Week by hosting its popular Edible Books Festival on Sept. 24. The event celebrates the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical ...

In Chapter 17, Captain Underpants slings his underwear at the evil Dr. Diaper in an attempt to defeat him and then covers himself with a barrel. (Note: there is no actual nudity in the book, ...

Captain Underpants, the star of a series of bestselling children's books by author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. Dav Pilkey/Scholastic His mom and dad, however, encouraged his ...

Captain Underpants also was finished on a fast schedule, even though Soren came onboard after original director Rob Letterman started the live-action feature Goosebumps.

“Captain Underpants” has no shortage of inflatable gorillas and giant robotic toilets, but it’s the humanity that makes the movie work: Stoller and director David Soren (“Turbo”) always ...

From "Goosebumps," "The Adventures of Captain Underpants," and "The Magic School Bus," the book fair was a glorious time to get excited about books and reading, and for some students, an excuse to ...

'Captain Underpants' unplugged -- and staying that way. Many parents hope their kids eventually select books of somewhat higher literary tone, but are trying to be patient in the meantime.

“Captain Underpants” achieves a convincingly hand-drawn look in the characters’ chunky oval bodies, in the buildings they inhabit and in the backgrounds against which the action is set. It ...