Dog Man (film)

“Part Dog, Part Man, All Hero.”

―Tagline

Dog Man
Teaser poster
Directed by	Peter Hastings
Produced by	Karen Foster
Screenplay by	Peter Hastings
Based on	Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
Starring	Pete Davidson Lil Rel Howery Isla Fisher Lucas Hopkins Calderon Ricky Gervais
Music by	Tom Howe
Production company(s)	DreamWorks Animation
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	January 31, 2025 (United States)
Country	United States
Language	English
Rating	Rated PG for some action and rude humor
Preceded by	Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) The Wild Robot (2024)
Followed by	How to Train Your Dragon (2025)

Dog Man is an upcoming 2025 computer-animated superhero-cop comedy film based on the book series of the same name by Dav Pilkey. It will be directed by Peter Hastings and will serve as a spin-off of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017). It will be DreamWorks Animation's 48th feature film.

This film will be scheduled to be released on January 31, 2025 in the United States.

Premise

After an explosion injures an officer and his dog, they undergo surgery that puts the dog's head on the officer's body.

Cast

• Pete Davidson as Petey
• Lil Rel Howery as Chief
• Isla Fisher as Sarah Hatoff
• Ricky Gervais as Flippy the Fish
• Poppy Liu as Butler
• Stephen Root as Grampa
• Billy Boyd as Seamus, Sarah's cameraman
• Lucas Hopkins Calderon as Lil Petey
• Laraine Newman
• Cheri Oteri
• Kate Micucci
• Melissa Villaseñor
• Maggie Wheeler
• Pearce Bun
• Rahnuma Panthakyting
• Max Koch
• Peter Hastings as Dog Man

Production

On December 9, 2020, DreamWorks Animation announced that an animated superhero comedy film based on the character Dog Man was in development, with Peter Hastings attached to direct after his experience with Dav Pilkey's works from The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (2018–20). On October 6, 2023, the film was confirmed to be released in 2025, while it was also confirmed that Dog Man and an unannounced film would be animated entirely at partner studios (excluding Sony Pictures Imageworks which was named as the animation service for an unannounced sequel), similar to Jellyfish Pictures for Spirit Untamed and Mikros Animation for Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie and Orion and the Dark. On January 29, 2024, following the release date announcement, DreamWorks announced that Karen Foster would serve as producer.

Trivia

• This is the second DreamWorks Animation film to be released in January, since Kung Fu Panda 3.
• This is the twenty-third DreamWorks Animation film to be shot in 1.85:1 aspect ratio, the first since Abominable.

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