This apparently led Dreamworks Animation to decide that they needed to do something drastic to wow the author.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie arrives in theaters today from Dreamworks Animation.
According to the LA Times, while Hollywood has been interested in making a Captain Underpants movie since practically back when the books debuted in 1997, author Dav Pilkey has been famously tight-fisted with the rights.
He was so focused on making sure that his books turned out they way he wanted, that he wasn’t going to let anything else distract him.