History Talk (0) Comments Share. [30] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. In an interview with MovieFreak, he mentioned, ... we actually looked at a lot of John Hughes movies for inspiration, like Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Weird Science. The film score was composed by Theodore Shapiro. Unfortunately for them, Mr. Krupp thinks he truly is Captain Underpants and jumps out the window to fight crime. [15] A month later, Letterman left the project but came back as an executive producer, and David Soren, the director of Turbo, entered talks to direct the film.[16]. As the second step, they open the art room. [9] In October 2011, his representatives indicated Pilkey was ready, and DreamWorks Animation won the rights in an auction. Obviously we hope we get as wide of an audience as possible. In Japan, since the dub of the TV series went first before the movie , the film replaced the entire dub cast, with the sole exception of Yasunori Matsumoto as the titular hero. To prevent these issues, the boys take him to their treehouse, where they discover that they can turn Captain Underpants back into Mr. Krupp by splashing water on him and can turn him back into Captain Underpants by snapping their fingers. The ice cream truck song came from Mister Softee. The monsters he created were always evil and ferocio… The movie was shown in some theaters the day before its original release date in the U.S. as part of the Seattle Film Festival. During production, Pilkey got to work closely with Soren. Cast; Crew; Details; Genres; Cast. Although it is a CG-animated feature, the film includes scenes that are traditionally animated, flash animated, a short cutout animation segment, and a sock puppet sequence created by Screen Novelties. The film premiered on May 21, 2017 in Los Angeles and was released on June 2, 2017 … He further added that the inclusion of the flip book interludes are the film's best parts, especially in having the pages accidentally be torn similar to the real books, stating that "[i]t's not often that a movie puts a spotlight on a mundane ritual in your own life that you never realized was profound and says, 'You probably forgot about this, but I want you to remember it and savor it, because it meant something.'"[31]. See more ideas about captain underpants, epic movie, captain. George and Harold's pranks come to an apparent end when they are caught tampering with a toilet invention, the Turbo Toilet 2000, made by the school's local snitch, the intellectual Melvin Sneedly. Mr. Rustworthy, the school's music teacher. All tracks are written by Theodore Shapiro. On January 21, 2014, the cast was announced, with Ed Helms joining as Mr. Krupp and Captain Underpants; Kevin Hart as George Beard, Thomas Middleditch as Harold Hutchins, Nick Kroll as Professor Poopypants, and Jordan Peele as Melvin. It features 24 pieces of music, and an exclusive digital booklet on iTunes. Feeling that Mr. Krupp would be nicer if he had friends, the boys set him and lovesick Edith up on a date, thus making Mr. Krupp have a change of heart. Character Book series Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie The Epic Tales; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 Special; 1997: 1999: 2000: 2001: 2003: 2006: 2012: 2013: 2014: 2015: 2017: 2018–present: Main characters; George Beard: Main: Harold Hutchins: Main Captain Underpants Mr. Benjamin Krupp: Main Sulu: Main Main Mentioned: Crackers: Main Main Yesterday George: Main Yesterday Harold: … In the movie, only her legs are seen, unlike in the books. [14] It was instead animated at Mikros Image in Montreal, Canada, and at Technicolor Animation Productions in France, and therefore looks identical to Pilkey's original drawing style, as well as differently than most of DWA's films. PG. In a mid-credits scene, George and Harold realize that Mr. Krupp's secretary Miss Anthrope, whom they put on the phone via a false competition for $1 billion, has been on the phone for the entire film, prompting them to shut off the call, which causes her to become angry. Captain Underpants, George and Harold have a plan to make Jerome Horwitz Elementary School fun again. by Lexy Perez. The Loop (TV) Do you like this video? "[29] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 69 out of 100 based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". His first stop is at a bank. Upon snapping his fingers accidentally, Mr. Krupp once again becomes Captain Underpants, carrying George and Harold away to help him fight them to Edith's surprise and admiration. It is based off the first four books in the Captain Underpants saga. Meanwhile, George and Harold destroy the Hypno Ring while bidding their final farewell to Captain Underpants in an attempt to permanently change him back to Mr. Krupp. Captain Underpants and Friends: The Journey Continues Captain Underpants and Friends: Twas The Fight Before Christmas Captain Underpants and the Glory of Gloomsy Gingerbread Robot He was relieved that Soren was directing since he was a fan of Turbo. However, a rainstorm occurs and Captain Underpants turns back into Mr. Krupp, who finally finishes the paperwork to put George and Harold into separate classes. Need Characters; Unfinished transcripts; Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. This did not occur in the first novel book. As the first step of their plan, George and Harold made Captain Underpants conduct the 1812 Overture, with whoopee cushions to reboot the school. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie George Beard and Harold Hutchins are best friends who spend their days creating comic books and dreaming up pranks. 8:30 AM 6/2/2017. Jun 2, 2017 - Based on the worldwide sensation and bestselling book series, and boasting an A-list cast of comedy superstars headed by Kevin Hart and Ed Helms. DreamWorks had been attempting to secure the rights since the series was first published in 1997, but Pilkey was not interested. Your email is only visible to moderators. It features a star-studded voice cast … George and Harold's pranks come to an apparent end after they're caught tampering with a toilet invention, the Turbo Toilet 2000, made by the school's intelligent and local snitch and intellectual, Melvin Sneedly (Jordan Peele), on video. References This page was last changed on 5 December 2020, at 09:22. It premiered on May 21, 2017 at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles. Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp. So there's timelessness to his work that we were attempting to go for with this.[17]. Finally having solid proof of the boys' antics, Mr. Krupp excitedly prepares to annihilate their friendship by putting them in separate classes. It's bright and colorful style had a perfect match to the films cartoony look similar to "The Peanuts Movie" and the characters designs looked so much better compared to the hideous ones I saw in "The Boss Baby". The animation was top notch. 3/24. Although Seitz pointed out that the film is hampered by "a rushed, jumbled quality" and has "tiresome" features that he says are common to DreamWorks, such as "frenetic action scenes ... and the use of workhorse pop songs", he emphasized that "[t]hey've approached this compendium of elemental slapstick and unabashed childishness with the reverence that the Coen brothers brought to No Country for Old Men." His sudden personality change even manages to attract the attention and affection of the school's shy lunch lady, Edith. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is a 2017 American CGI-animated superhero comedy film based on Dav Pilkey's children's novel series of the same name, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. [7], In 2014, DreamWorks Animation announced a January 2017 release date. [6] A Netflix television series, The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants was released on July 13, 2018. John Hughes had this great knack for making comedies like this. Two overly imaginative pranksters named George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking he's a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants. He also hates their Captain Underpants comics as he forbids them from creating any in the school grounds, eve… But in the book's comic series, Captain Underpants looks different. Action Animation Comedy Family. Read on as George, Harold and Em go on crazy adventures, and create comic books about their favorite superhero, Captain Underpants, from boring invention conventions to saving the world from a crazy scientist, who intends to wipe out laughter. Info; Cast; Report; what going on? Both of those movies have great friendships at the center of them. The dachshund from the Dav Pilkey book "The Hallo-Wiener" makes a cameo appearance being walked by his owner on a leash. In January 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. This gives Mr. Krupp a chance to put the boys in separate classes, thinking that he can destroy their friendship with it. The site's critical consensus reads, "With a tidy plot, clean animation, and humor that fits its source material snugly, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is entertainment that won't drive a wedge between family members. To prevent this, George hypnotizes Mr. Krupp with a 3D Hypno Ring he received out of a cereal box; the boys see that Mr. Krupp bears a resemblance to Captain Underpants without his toupee and command him to be so. However, the toxic waste from the Turbo Toilet 2000 transforms all the toilets at a scrap yard into an army of Talking Toilets, which attack the restaurant where Mr. Krupp and Edith are dining. voiced by Kevin Hart. He recruits Melvin to help him, as he discovers (after reading a comic book George and Harold made featuring characters resembling them) that Melvin's brain makes him incapable of laughing or having fun. This page was last edited on 15 April 2021, at 07:16. Harold Hutchins. Early pitches for an adaptation included video games, animated and live-action films, an animated series, and a live-action series. Professor Poopypants easily escapes on a bee while the Turbo Toilet 2000 is sent to the junkyard for scrap. After the two hypnotize their principal, they decide to have a little fun and goof around with the Hypno-Ring. 2017 Directed by David Soren. "[9] Soren also said that he took inspiration from John Hughes films. Both George and Harold feel like actual kids because … As it turns out, Poopypants is seeking to get rid of laughter altogether, resenting the people who have made fun of his name for years. Meanwhile, Poopypants recruits Melvin into his plan, as he has no sense of humor and doesn’t find his name funny. [26], Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars. Captain Underpants tries to stop them, but due to having no actual superpowers, is effortlessly defeated and thrown into the toxic pool. Knowing that they can't control Captain Underpants forever, George and Harold destroy the Hypno Ring in order to permanently change him back into Mr. Krupp. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. Just when George and Harold believe that their troubles have ended, Jerome Horwitz Elementary School is visited by an odd and German-accented scientist named Professor Peepee Diareastein Poopypants esq., whom Captain Underpants, still disguised as Mr. Krupp, hires to be the new science teacher, but George and Harold are suspicious due to his short-tempered and violent behavior. '"[9] Commenting back, Soren said, "In a way, the controversy over the books ended up being liberating for the film. The characters also had more likable personalities. Captain Underpants Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. Harold's father had recently gotten divorced and moved to Nevada almost six months ago, none of which had been easy for Harold. Realizing that Mr. Krupp will continue trying to separate them, they decide to settle with Captain Underpants yet insist that he be dressed up as Mr. Krupp under the pretense of a "secret identity", to which Captain Underpants agrees. When George and Harold start to show one of their comics, they say, "A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away". Soon, Poopypants tries to take over the town with a giant version of Melvin's Turbo Toilet 2000, fueled by the school cafeteria's toxic leftovers left out by Edith, and uses Melvin's brain as the power source to a zombie-ray to turn the children into glum, humorless zombies. voiced by Thomas Middleditch. None of the cast returned for The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants; George and Harold will be voiced by actual child actors. DreamWorks Animation announced on October 19, 2011 that they had acquired the rights to make a film based on the series. [10] In October 2013, Rob Letterman was announced as director and Nicholas Stoller as scriptwriter. Critic Reviews for Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. George and Harold are caught by Mr. Krupp but to stop Professor Poopypants, the boys had no choice but to snap Krupp into Captain Underpants once again. Upon consuming the mutated leftovers, Captain Underpants acquires superpowers and, with George and Harold's help, defeats and shrinks Poopypants. The film received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the animation, goofy yet charming humor, faithfulness to its source material, and voice acting, particularly from Helms. For the third step, Captain Underpants sets up a funfair at the schoolyard, However, Harold and George have to keep watch of Captain Underpants as most of the games involve water. Dav Pilkey. They sell these to their schoolmates through a comic company called Treehouse Comix Inc., located in their treehouse. It allowed us to make the purest version of the movie. [47] It premiered on the streaming service on July 13, 2018[48] and is executive-produced by Peter Hastings. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Characters Behind The Voices - Captain Underpants in real life voice actors Thanks for watching :D. … [21][22] Other territories such as Europe and Asia received the film between July and October 2017. [18] The film also features music from Adam Lambert, Cold War Kids member Nathan Willett, and Lil Yachty. George and Harold are captured and nearly turned into zombies, but are able to escape after Professor Poopypants mentions the planet Uranus, causing the boys to laugh and damage the Turbo Toilet 2000's computer, restoring the children back to normal. "Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie" is DreamWorks to the core, but in this case, it works: it's hilarious, it's well-written, the animation is great, and the characters are extremely memorable. Along with The Emoji Movie, both movies became the first films in Saudi Arabia to be shown to the public on January 13, 2018 since the 1983 ban on movies in the country. To persuade him, DreamWorks gave Pilkey a tour around the studio with everyone wearing underpants over their trousers, which made him laugh. George is typically calmer in tough situations while Harold is cautious and worrisome. After the events of Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot, two fourth-grade friends and next-door neighbors named George Beard (Kevin Hart) and Harold Hutchins (Thomas Middleditch) are the pranksters at their school, Jerome Horwitz Elementary School in the city of Piqua, Ohio. Captain Underpants, Kevin Hart as George Beard, Thomas Middleditch as Harold Hutchins, Nick Kroll as the "insidious villain" Professor Poopypants, and Jordan Peele as George and Harold's "nerdy nemesis" Melvin Sneedly. Mr. Krupp and Edith notice a toilet eating a guest and as Mr. Krupp calls for a waiter to get a check in hopes of leaving, upon snapping his fingers accidentally, Mr. Krupp once again becomes Captain Underpants, carrying George and Harold away to help him fight them, much to Edith's surprise and admiration. It's full of loveable characters, kid-friendly pranks, and a "touch" of potty humor. Directed by David Soren. He seemed to be able to tap into the voice of a generation. Feeling that Mr. Krupp would be a lot nicer if he had friends, the boys set him and Edith up on a date, making Mr. Krupp have a change of heart and return the comics he confiscated from George and Harold, while even admitting their comics to be funny. Fans of the Captain Underpants book series will identify with this movie immediately. Captain Underpants tries to stop the villain, but due to having no actual superpowers, is effortlessly defeated and thrown into the toilet. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. Evil George & Evil Harold's 3-D Hypno-Ring, https://captainunderpants.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_Underpants:_The_First_Epic_Movie?oldid=17854. Your rating: 0. In an interview with Los Angeles Times, Pilkey said: "Once I met David, it was like a huge load fell off my back; I was like, 'I don't even have to think about this anymore. Two mischievous kids hypnotize their mean elementary school principal and turn him into their comic book creation, the kind-hearted and elastic-banded Captain Underpants. 'Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie': Meet the Voices Behind the Animated Characters. Professor Poopypants. voiced by Nick Kroll. One day they accidentally hypnotize their school principal into believing that he is Captain Underpants, a dimwitted superhero whose costume consists of underwear and a cape. • Kevin Hart and Thomas Middleditch as George Beard and Harold Hutchins, a pair of fourth-grade students and best friends who make comic books, George writes stories while Harold illustrates them. They distribute these to their schoolmates through a comic company called Treehouse Comix Inc., located in their treehouse. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie - The End of the World! Two mischievous kids hypnotize their mean elementary school principal and turn him into their comic book creation, the kind-hearted and elastic-banded Captain Underpants. It appears that when George used the Hypno Ring, that there is some supernatural stuff going on, since the whole setting was changing and not only that, George and Harold were hovering off the desk in a way that would indicate something supernatural. [18] An 11-track soundtrack album was released digitally on June 2, 2017, by Virgin Records and Deep Well Records.[19]. On December 12, 2017, Netflix and DreamWorks Animation Television announced that there would be an animated series to follow-up the film, entitled The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants. The film was scheduled for release on January 13, 2017. The duo also creates comic books about a superhero named Captain Underpants, a character who has superpowers yet merely wears underwear and a cape. Mr Krupp is snapped into Captain Underpants back and forth as the boys would try to keep track of him due to the shenanigans taking place. The plot follows two imaginative elementary school pranksters named George Beard and Harold Hutchins who hypnotize their cold-hearted principal, Mr. Krupp, into thinking he is Captain Underpants, a superhero who fights crime while wearing only underwear and a cape, thinking he has superpowers. 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