Tra-la-laaa! Ed Helms makes a bold briefs-uniformed entrance into the superhero world with Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (in theaters Friday). Mr. Krupp, the school principal played ...

By Josh Weiss “Tra-la-laaa!” … It’s the somewhat non-sequitur battle cry of Dav Pilkey’s superheroic creation, Captain Underpants, who will be enjoying his film debut with Captain ...

Unless you have fond memories of Dav Pilkey’s series of books, it’s entirely possible that Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie has tra-la-laaa’d its way into cinemas under your radar.

Captain Underpants, for the uninitiated, is a pudgy, bald superhero in a red cape and tighty-whities who — with a cheerful cry of “tra la laaa!” — does battle with villains with names like ...

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS") ED HELMS: (As Captain Underpants) Tra-la-la. MARTIN: (Laughter) DreamWorks is turning "Captain Underpants" into a movie for release in 2017. As NPR's ...

“Faster than a speeding waistband…more powerful than boxer shorts,” it’s Captain Underpants saving the ... Hear his mighty battle cry: Tra la la!” It’s an appropriate pairing for ...

But the boys hypnotize Krupp into becoming the nice Captain Underpants whenever anyone snaps their fingers (he changes back when water is poured on hs head) leading to many adventures against the ...

The title character of “Captain Underpants” is a scolding ... a blobby mock superhero who announces himself with a fanfare of “Tra-la-laaa!” He then scampers around in stretched-out ...