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This article is about the Dog Man movie. For the in-verse movie in the Dog Man book series, see Dog Man: The Major Motion Picture.


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Dog Man is an American animated superhero comedy film based off Dav Pilkey's graphic novel series of the same name that was produced by DreamWorks Animation.[1] The film is a spin-off and story within a story of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017), and the second film in the Captain Underpants franchise. It was directed by Peter Hastings. It's loosely based off the first, second, third, and seventh books in the Dog Man series. The movie was released on January 31, 2025 in North America.[2]

Basis[]

Plot[]

Famed cop Officer Knight and his dog, Greg, are on the pursuit of a villainous orange cat named Petey who constantly terrorizes OhKay City, and his latest scheme involves planting a Bomb to destroy the Abandoned Expendable Warehouse. Knight attempts to defuse the bomb, but he cuts the wrong wire and it explodes, severely injuring his head and Greg's body. The duo are rushed to the hospital as Sarah records their news story, and they survive when the doctors decide to cut off Greg's head and sew it onto Knight's body, becoming a dog-human hybrid called Dog Man.

When Knight's old home is sold off and his girlfriend leaves, Dog Man is forced to move elsewhere, whilst managing to earn the city's favor and respect by repeatedly stopping Petey whenever he instigates one of his schemes, causing a non-stop rivalry between the two, much to the frustration of Chief, who gets jealous of Dog Man's popularity. However, the Mayor also gets frustrated that Petey keeps escaping, so she puts Dog Man's job at stake, resulting in Dog Man to be off the case. Petey's latest scheme involves reviving a dead fish named Flippy, who was once a powerful telekinetic villain.

However, after firing his butler, Petey realizes he needs someone like him to put up with Dog Man and purchases a cloning machine to do the job, but his clone ends up being a small kitten due to Petey not reading all the directions given to him. The kitten, Li'l Petey, is entirely innocent (and a little annoying), much to Petey's frustration, even sabotaging his attempt to shoot Flippy into the smoke stack of the Living Spray Factory in order to revive him. Petey attempts to abandon him by playing the "new home" game, but Li'l Petey is soon adopted by Dog Man and bonds with him.

Back at Petey's evil lair, he soon finds a story written by Li'l Petey before he was abandoned. Stricken with remorse, though not explicitly showing it, Petey builds and uses 80-HD to find Li'l Petey at Dog Man's house and retrieve him (mostly to use as bait for Dog Man). Before going to bed, Petey explains to Li'l Petey that his own father abandoned him and his mom when he was younger. Feeling sorry for his papa, Li'l Petey tells 80-HD to bring Petey's father Grampa to his lair in hopes of reconciliation, but Grampa is still the same jerk as Petey described. Petey no longer yearns for Grampa's support and leaves him with Li'l Petey and 80-HD to go and fight Dog Man, who realized that L'il Petey has gone missing and he, along with news reporter Sarah Hatoff and her camera man, Seamus, went off to find him.

However, Flippy is accidentally revived and soon wrecks havoc on the city by bringing buildings to life with "Living Spray." He soon comes across Dog Man and Petey and kidnaps Li'l Petey with his telekinesis before leaving. Forced to team up, Dog Man and Petey confront Flippy in an epic fight with their Mecha Mail Man against the Beastly Buildings. Things quickly backfire when they get overpowered and nearly get crushed, but Li'l Petey saves them with 80-HD. However, he hits a building and crashlands.

Infuriated, Flippy proceeds to hunts down the group of do-gooders as they rush to Li'l Petey, relieved that he survived. As Flippy's getting near, Petey decides to sacrifice himself to save his kid, and the fish tries to use his telekinesis to drop Petey into a volcano. But Li'l Petey, alongside Dog Man, takes matters into his own hands and against all odds, manages to redeem Flippy by making him question his evil ways with a comic he made about him and Flippy. However, Flippy slowly loses his evil powers which causes Petey to nearly fall into the volcano, but Dog Man decides to sacrifice and use Greg's old tennis ball as a projectile and aims it at Petey in Robo-Suit Mode, saving him. Petey is pardoned afterwards for being a do-gooder, but he believes he can't be good because of the evil path he took.

Petey takes Li'l Petey back to his secret lab when they see Grampa drive away in a moving van. They go inside to find all their stuff stolen by Grampa, except Li'l Petey's comics. The father-and-son duo walk to Dog Man's house. Li'l Petey was right about his father's words about the world being imperfect, but Petey explains to his son that while the world has many problems, it can't be a horrible place because of his presence. At the end, Dog Man is visited by a reformed Petey at Li'l Petey's request, and Petey gifts him a new tennis ball with Dog Man's name on it. Petey goes on a walk, reflecting on himself, but not before he, his son, and Dog Man share a howling moment. Just as the film seems to be over, Chief (alongside Sarah) exclaims there's one more building on the loose (that being the Laser Pointer Palace).

However, it goes off on a high note with the group dancing with the Laser Pointer Palace, as the film ends with the ending text reading "The End," just like in the original books.

Production[]

The film was announced by DreamWorks Animation on December 9, 2020, with Peter Hastings set to direct the film. Hastings is an executive producer from The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, which is based from Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, an adaptation of the Captain Underpants book series.[1] DreamWorks stated from an article by Cartoon Brew on October 6, 2023 it is confirmed to release in 2025 and is animated at their partner studio, similar to Mikros Animation, who collaborated for the Captain Underpants movie. [3] Deadline announced on January 29, 2024 that the movie will be released on January 31, 2025, with Karen Foster serving as the producer.[2]

On September 17, 2024, DreamWorks posted the official trailer along with the poster of the movie.

Cast[]

Minor Roles[]

Crew[]

  • Director - Peter Hastings[1]
  • Producer - Karen Foster[2]
  • Storyboard Artist - Chris Heltzel[4]
  • Head of Story - Anthony Zierhut[4]
  • Production Designer - Nate Wragg
  • Production Supervisor - Kevin McCann[4]
  • Story Team - Jeremy Bernstein, Sayah Gold, Hanna Kim, Carden Scholin, Adam Rosette, Camryn Miller, Daria Khil, Marceline Tanguay[4]
  • Composer - Tom Howe

Merchandise and Promotion[]

  • Scholastic re-released the first twelve Dog Man books (except Big Jim Begins) with a "Now a Major Motion Picture from DreamWorks" sticker to promote the movie.
  • Jakks Pacific and its costume division, Disguise produced toys and costumes based from the movie along with its book series.[5] They have made new toys including 80-HD that are available on Amazon.
  • Abrams Books released The Art of DreamWorks Dog Man on December 10, 2024.
  • AMC Theatres gave away one of three mystery keychains by purchasing Dog Man in Dolby Cinema from January 30-31, 2025 until supplies last.[6]
  • Regal Cinemas revealed their Dog Man Collectibles, including Dog Man and Petey Plush Toys, 640z Popcorn Bucket and 160z Cup with Dog Man and Petey toppers.[7]
  • DreamWorks and Wetzel's Pretzels collaborated for the Dog Man Movie promotion. They served three new menu items available for a limited time until March 2, 2025.[8][9]
  • DreamWorks partnered with DNA My Dog, a Canadian company specialized in genetic testing and breed identification for Dogs for a DNA My Dog X Dog Man Sweepstakes. Contest participants in Canada got to answer the question "What makes your dog a hero?" for a chance to win a private hometown screening of the Dog Man Movie, a Dog Man prize pack, and a DNA My Dog test of their choice. [10][11]

List of Differences to the Books[]

In Storyline[]

  • The origin of Dog Man has differences.
    • In books, When Chief sees Officer Knight and Greg the Dog, he scolds at them and the latter go outside, Petey and Officer stalk them. Then they details about their body, then Butler gets fired because he becomes unintelligent and marries his a trash bag. Then they plan to place a bomb on the grassfield and screams at Officer Knight and Greg the Dog that there is a bomb. When bomb explodes after Officer knight fails to defuse it, their injured bodies are shown.
    • In Film, Officer Knight and Greg the Dog recklessly drive to find Petey to arrest him. When they're on the top of Abandoned Expendable Warehouse, Officer Knight's police car fall onto Chief's car, leading them to get destroyed. Petey throws a bomb on the top of Abandoned Expendable Warehouse. Then Petey and Butlers details about Officer Knight and Greg the Dog's bodies, then Butlers gets fired by Petey because she asks him to take a day off tomorrow. After the bomb explodes, their bodies are not shown before they're in the hospital.

Release Dates[]

  • January 9, 2025 - Australia [RD 1], New Zealand [RD 2]
  • January 29, 2025 - France[RD 3]
  • January 30, 2025 - Hungary[RD 4], Italy[RD 5], Thailand[RD 6]
  • January 31, 2025 - United States[2], Spain[RD 7], Sweden [RD 8], India[RD 9]
  • February 7, 2025 - United Kingdom, Ireland
  • February 27, 2025 - Brazil
  • March 6, 2025 - Germany[RD 10]
  • April 16, 2025 - Philippines
  • April 25, 2025 - India

Note: Dates may change without prior notice.

Gallery[]

Trailers[]

Clips[]

Posters[]

Profiles[]

Others[]

Trivia[]

  • This is the second film to be made based from Dav Pilkey's books by DreamWorks Animation, the first is Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.
  • Dog Man The Movie: Official Sticker Book was supposed to be a tie-in book for the movie, but later uses art from the book series as Dog Man: Official Sticker Book. It was also going to be released on December 3, 2024 along with Dog Man: Big Jim Begins but delayed to December 24, 2024 in North America and January 2, 2025 in the United Kingdom.
  • Somehow, besides being the main protagonist, Peter Hastings's role of Dog Man is a B-list role, and has even been excluded from the closing credits.
  • The movie plot is based on Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties.

See Also[]

External Links[]

References[]

Main[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dog-man-movie-in-the-works-from-dreamworks-animation-exclusive
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://deadline.com/2024/01/dog-man-movie-release-date-universal-dreamworks-1235807860/
  3. ↑ https://www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/dreamworks-shifting-away-from-in-house-production-in-los-angeles-sony-imageworks-is-new-production-partner-233466.html
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://www.instagram.com/chris_heltzel_art/
  5. ↑ https://joesterloriagroup.com/news/2024/5/16/jakks-pacific-bites-into-dog-man-for-toys-and-costumes
  6. ↑ https://www.amctheatres.com/giveaway/dog-man-key-chain
  7. ↑ https://x.com/RegalMovies/status/1876614892490309948
  8. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/wetzelspretzels/reel/DEfXU_RhZLf/
  9. ↑ https://kidscreen.com/2025/01/07/deals-in-brief-january-7-2025/
  10. ↑ https://dnamydog.com/dogman-sweeps/
  11. ↑ https://www.einpresswire.com/article/774843319/dna-my-dog-and-dreamworks-animation-s-dog-man-partner-up-to-help-pup-parents-discover-what-makes-their-dog-a-hero

Release Dates[]

  1. ↑ https://villagecinemas.com.au/movies/dog-man?tab=about
  2. ↑ https://www.flicks.co.nz/movie/dog-man/
  3. ↑ https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=296648.html
  4. ↑ https://www.mafab.hu/movies/untitled-dreamworks-animation-film-2023-453551.html
  5. ↑ https://www.mymovies.it/film/2025/dog-man/pubblico/
  6. ↑ https://www.sfcinemacity.com/movie/Dog-Man.HO00002178
  7. ↑ https://www.universalpictures.es/fechasdeestreno/Estrenos-Universal.pdf
  8. ↑ https://www.moviezine.se/movies/hundmannen
  9. ↑ https://www.ufomoviez.com/trailers/upcoming-movies
  10. ↑ https://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/296648.html

Reception[]

Box Office[]

In the United States and Canada, Dog Man was released alongside Companion and Valiant One, it was projected to gross $20–30 million from 3,800 theaters in its opening weekend, with some estimates going as high as $40 million. It made $10.8 million on its first day, including an estimated $1.36 million from Thursday night previews. It debuted to $36 million, topping the box office. The opening was the second biggest for animated films released in January after DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016; $41.8 million) and the third consecutive box office-topping debut for DreamWorks after Kung Fu Panda 4 and The Wild Robot (both 2024). Exit polling indicated that 45% of attendees saw the film because it looked "fun" and "entertaining" and a third bought tickets because they were fans of the IP. Men accounted for 52% of the opening weekend audience, with those under 35 comprising 70% and premium large format screens contributing 22%.

During Super Bowl weekend, in which movies in the United States regularly perform below average, the film grossed $13.8 million, dropping a bigger-than-expected 61.6% while remaining atop the box office. During its four-day third weekend, it made $13.4 million and finished in third place.

Critical response[]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 78% of 60 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "Realizing Dav Pilkey's canine creation with a frenzied energy that never lets up, Dog Man will delight kids while throwing their parents a bone." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.

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