A Q&A with director and voice of Dog Man Peter Hastings follows the film.

From DreamWorks Animation — creators of How to Train Your Dragon and The Wild Robot — comes the canine crime-fighting film adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s literary phenomenon: Dog Man. Part dog, part man, all hero! When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured on the job, a harebrained surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born! As he embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief (Lil Rel Howery), Dog Man must stop the villainous Petey the Cat (Pete Davidson) from cloning himself and creating an evil kitten, doubling his evil abilities. The story takes a turn when the kitten forges an unexpected bond with Dog Man and in the process, they discover the power of family to bring even the most hostile foes together.

Peter Hastings at the Dog Man Photo Call in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, January 24

Six time Emmy Award and Peabody winner Peter Hastings is the Writer and Director of the animated feature Dog Man (2025), based on Dav Pilkey’s best-selling books. He has been writing, directing, and producing animation for over 35 years, working on such shows as Animaniacs (three Emmys and a Peabody), Pinky and the Brain (one Emmy), Disney’s One Saturday Morning, Aardman’s Creature Comforts, the feature film How To Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (two Emmys), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 version), Captain Underpants and more before taking up the Dog Man feature.