“Dog Man” partial movie poster.
“Dog Man”— the animated comedy hit starring the voices of Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery and Ricky Gervais — is coming soon to streaming on Peacock.
Based on the literary creation of cartoonist and author Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants), Dog Man opened in theaters on Jan. 31 before pivoting to digital streaming on Feb. 18.
The summary for Dog Man partially reads, “When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve — and fetch, sit and roll over.
“As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief (Howery), he must stop the pretty evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat (Davidson,). Petey’s latest plan is to clone himself, creating the kitten Lil Petey, to double his ability to do crime stuff. Things get complicated, though, when Lil Petey forges an unexpected bond with Dog Man. When Lil Petey falls into the clutches of a common enemy, Dog Man and Petey reluctantly join forces in an action-packed race against time to rescue the young kitten.”
Rated PG, Dog Man will arrive on streaming video on demand on Peacock on May 30, according to the NBC Universal streaming service.
For viewers who don’t have Peacock, the streamer offers an ad-based package for $7.99 per month or $79 per year and an ad-free package for $13.99 per month or $139.99 per year.
‘Dog Man’ Star Pete Davidson Grew Up Reading Dav Pilkey’s ‘Captain Underpants’ Books
For Saturday Night Live alum Pete Davidson,, signing on to play Petey the Cat in Dog Man was an easy decision to make since his history with the Dav Pilkey character.
“I’m a huge Dav Pilkey fan. I grew up reading all the ‘Captain Underpants’ books. My mom got them for me,” Davidson told CBS Sunday Morning in a January interview. “All the young kids in my family, they all read Dog Man, they’re obsessed with Dog Man. And then right around the time I started noticing that, we got the offer.”
But instead of playing the hero of Dog Man, who really doesn’t speak but makes noises via director Peter Hastings, Davidson said he was happy for the opportunity to voice the villainous Petey.
“It’s a really fun, loud, layered character,” Davidson told CBS Sunday Morning. “I don’t get a lot of opportunities to stretch like that.”
Dog Man was a big hit in theaters, where it earned nearly $98 million in domestic ticket sales and $46.2 million internationally for a worldwide box office gross of $144.2 million against a $40 million production budget before prints and advertising costs, per The Numbers.
In addition, Dog Man earned an 80% “fresh” rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics based on 96 reviews and an 82% “fresh” score on RT’s Popcornmeter based on 2,500-plus verified user ratings.
Dog Man, which also stars the voices of Isla Fisher, Poppy Liu, Stephen Root and Billy Boyd, debuts on Peacock on May 30.
