“I was at a kindergarten recently and I drew a big picture of Captain Underpants on the chalkboard. Or buy a ticket to “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie,” which opens this weekend. — Dav PilkeyHollywood has been courting the 51-year-old Pilkey ever since Captain Underpants made his smash literary debut in 1997. “Unlike most movies out there right now, ‘Captain Underpants’ really felt like it could be a cartoon, which was a fun place to start. Just send me a couple of tickets to the premiere.’ ”Translating “Captain Underpants” from the page to the screen wasn’t as straightforward as it might seem, however.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 01, 2017 09:56 UTC