Captain Underpants (film)

Captain Underpants is an upcoming American animated comedy film. With a script by Nicholas Stoller, the film stars Ed Helms, Kevin Hart and Thomas Middleditch.

Synopsis
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Development and Production
On October 20, 2011, it was reported that DreamWorks Animation has acquired rights to make an animated feature film based on the Captain Underpants series. On October 25, 2013, it was reported that Rob Letterman will direct the film, while Nicholas Stoller will write the script. It would have been the second film to have Letterman and Stoller working together, the first being Gulliver's Travels. On January 21, 2014, the cast was announced (see below). On June 12, 2014, The film was scheduled for release on January 13, 2017. On January 25, 2015, it was announced that the film will be instead produced outside of the studio's pipeline at a significantly lower cost and will be released sometime in 2017. A month later, Deadline reported that Letterman had left the project, and that David Soren, the director of Turbo, was in talks to direct the film, which is expected to be released on March 10, 2017.

Cast

 * Ed Helms as Benny Krupp/Captain Underpants
 * Kevin Hart as George Beard
 * Thomas Middleditch as Harold Hutchins
 * Nick Kroll as Professor Pippy P. Poopypants
 * Jordan Peele as Melvin Sneedley