Halb Hund, halb Mensch, voll der Held.
Mit Dog Man tritt ein neuer hechelnder Superheld auf den Plan. Als Beschützer der Stadt will er um jeden Preis den Bösewichten das Handwerk legen. Zumindest solange er nicht gerade von einem Eichhörnchen abgelenkt wird.
Noch während Dog Man zu seiner neuen Identität findet und versucht, sein Vorgesetztenherrchen zu beeindrucken, muss er auch schon den schnurrenden Superschurken Petey the Cat aufhalten. Dessen Plan sich zu klonen, um doppelt zuschlagen zu können, geht nur bedingt auf, denn sein unendlich niedlicher Miezenklon Kleiner Petey freundet sich unerwartet mit Dog Man an. Als Kleiner Petey schließlich einem gemeinsamen Feind in die Hände fällt, nimmt das Katz-und-Hund-Spiel eine überraschende Wendung, und Dog Man und Petey tun sich widerwillig zusammen, um das Kätzchen in einem wilden Wettlauf gegen die Zeit zu retten.


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There’s a new breed of hero in town. From DreamWorks Animation –creators of the beloved blockbuster franchises Kung Fu Panda, Trolls, How to Train Your Dragon, Puss in Boots, and The Boss Baby — comes the hilarious, canine-crime-fighting feature film adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s New York Times bestselling literary series phenomenon: Dog Man. When a dog and a police officer are injured together on the job, a life-saving surgery changes the course of history when Dog Man is born. Half dog, half man, Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve– as long as he isn’t distracted by squirrels–as he doggedly pursues his arch-nemesis: the feline supervillain Petey the Cat. But the rivalry between Dog Man and Petey is upended by the arrival of an adorable kitten clone of Petey, Lil Petey, who changes the game for both of them. With humor, hijinks and heart, Dog Man explores the power of love (and kittens!) to bring even the most hostile (and hairy) foes together. Dog Man is directed by Emmy winner Peter Hastings (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness), whose credits include the groundbreaking animated series Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain. The film is produced by Karen Foster (Spirit Untamed), who served as co-producer on DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon. Launched in 2016 by Dav Pilkey– the #1 global bestselling author and award-winning illustrator of the Captain Underpants books–the Dog Man Scholastic series now includes 11 books, with a new 12th book, Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder, debuting this March. The series has more than 60 million copies in print and has been translated into 45 languages. Cat Kid Comic Club, a spin-off of Dog Man launched in 2020, has also topped bestseller lists around the world. The most recent Dog Man book, Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea, was overall the #1 bestselling children’s book in the U.S. in 2023, across all children’s formats and ages. DreamWorks Animation’s Dog Man will be distributed by Universal Pictures.