The playful anarchy of author-illustrator Dav Pilkey's bestselling "Dog Man" series, about a hero cop who is part-man, part-police dog, is now on screen in a new animated film, with comedian Pete Davidson playing Dog Man's arch-nemesis,

The 'SNL' alum voices a villainous cat in DreamWorks' animated adaptation of Dav Pilkey's best-selling series of children's graphic novels about a half-human, half-canine police officer.

But if your house has teetering piles of Pilkey's bestselling graphic novels -- which include various installments of both "Dog Man" and "Captain Underpants," and which are pitched squarely at scatologically-inclined elementary-schoolers -- rest easy: Peter Hastings' big-screen adaptation does full,

Hastings and team maintain the childlike illustration style of the books, with crayon lines and shading on the somewhat simply designed characters, and the colloquial, slangy writing (the law enforcement officers are “supa cops”; various important buildings are “ova there”).

If you know any grade school kids, there's a good chance you've heard of author and illustrator Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog Man books. Grade school readers are simply mad about the series, and have made them bestsellers for a decade.

Creator Dav Pilkey's quirky, kinetic world has nicely made the visual leap to the big screen, but something is missing. The Hollywoodization — like a ray blasted from a typical Pilkey lumbering robot — has leveled-out the idiosyncrasy and overstuffed the narrative. Newcomers may be stunned — and not in a good way.

Pete Davidson is opening up about his latest role and the chance to play the villain in the upcoming movie Dog Man. "It's a really fun, loud, layered character," Davidson, 31, said in an interview with CBS on Sunday,

Woofing his way into movie theaters on January 31, Dog Man is making his big screen debut in the aptly titled DreamWorks Animation feature, Dog Man (get your tickets here). Based on the beloved graphic novel adventures of Captain Underpants author and illustrator Dav Pilkey,

It's hard to believe, but as author and Illustrator Dav Pilkey recently told students at Boy's Prep in the Bronx, he created Dog Man back when he was in second grade. "He looks a little bit ...

"Dog Man" filmmakers try to capture some of the anarchic qualities of the comics, like adding “Dun, Dun Dunnn” in large letters on the screen at a dramatic moment, but they’re trying too hard and the humor is restrained.

During a promotional interview for The Acolyte, one of the newest Disney+ series in the Star Wars canon, actor Charlie Barnett flubbed a key bit of lore, saying that Anakin Skywalker blew up the Death Star, not Luke. It was an obvious and honest mistake, the kind of thing someone might expect any exhausted actor...

There’s something fitting about 'Dog Man' not pretending to be anything it’s not and just going all in on the bonkers shenanigans.