Peter Hastings is the 6-time Emmy-winning animation writer and producer of Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs and the Kung Fu Panda series. Now, he soars to new heights as the executive producer of DreamWorks’ The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, premiering this Friday, July 13th on Netflix. Jackson Murphy: When you initially found out you […]
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Peter Hastings on Producing Dreamworks/Netflix “The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants”
July 9th, 2018 
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INTERVIEW: Dav Pilkey, Author of “Captain Underpants”
June 3rd, 2017 Greg Ehrbar It took two decades for author P.L. Travers to allow Walt Disney to bring her “Mary Poppins” books to the screen and it took about as long for Dav Pilkey to grant DreamWorks (or any studio) the rights to produce Captain Underpants—The Epic Movie which opened this weekend. “I was approached throughout the run of […]
INTERVIEW: “Captain Underpants” Director David Soren
May 22nd, 2017 Jackson Murphy The books have been wildly popular with kids (of all ages) worldwide since the first was published back in 1997. Now DreamWorks Animation is hoping Captain Underpants will be a perfect fit for the big screen. Director David Soren, a long-time fan of the series, joined me for this “brief” Q&A on Captain Underpants: The […]
TRAILER: Dreamworks “Captain Underpants”
March 22nd, 2017 Jerry Beck DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox have released the first trailer for Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie! Based on the bestselling book series and starring Kevin Hart and Ed Helms Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie tells the story of George and Harold, who hypnotize their principal into thinking he’s a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly […]
