Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

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animated film children's film comedy film feature film superhero film

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is a 2017 animated comedy film based on Dav Pilkey’s children’s book series, following two prank-loving boys who hypnotize their principal into becoming a dimwitted superhero.

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Two prank-loving boys hypnotize their principal into becoming a dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants. 1

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instanceOf animated film ⓘ
children's film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
feature film ⓘ
superhero film ⓘ
antagonist Professor Poopypants ⓘ
basedOn Captain Underpants ⓘ
children's book series by Dav Pilkey ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide approximately $125 million ⓘ
budget approximately $38 million ⓘ
cinematographyBy Anthony Di Ninno ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director David Soren ⓘ
distributedBy 20th Century Fox ⓘ
distributorRegion theatrical release in the United States ⓘ
editedBy Matthew Landon ⓘ
genre animation ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
superhero ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Captain Underpants ⓘ
George Beard ⓘ
Harold Hutchins ⓘ
Principal Benjamin Krupp ⓘ
mpaaRating PG ⓘ
musicBy Theodore Shapiro ⓘ
narrativeFocus friendship between George Beard and Harold Hutchins ⓘ
plotSummary Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Two prank-loving boys hypnotize their principal into becoming a dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants.
producer Mark Swift ⓘ
productionCompany DreamWorks Animation ⓘ
Mikros Image ⓘ
releaseDate June 2, 2017 ⓘ
releaseYear 2017 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 89 ⓘ
screenwriter Nicholas Stoller ⓘ
setting Jerome Horwitz Elementary School ⓘ
storyBy Nicholas Stoller ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ
voiceCastMember Brian Posehn ⓘ
David Soren ⓘ
Dee Dee Rescher ⓘ
Ed Helms ⓘ
Jordan Peele ⓘ
Kevin Hart ⓘ
Kristen Schaal ⓘ
Leslie Nicol ⓘ
Mel Rodriguez ⓘ
Nick Kroll ⓘ
Thomas Middleditch ⓘ

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Ed Helms → notableWork → Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie ⓘ
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Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie → plotSummary → Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Two prank-loving boys hypnotize their principal into becoming a dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants.