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SCHOLASTIC UNLEASHES DOG MAN GLOBAL CAMPAIGN CELEBRATING READING AND HEROES AROUND THE WORLD
DAV PILKEY INTERNATIONAL TOUR ANNOUNCED DREAMWORKS ANIMATION'S NEW FEATURE FILM, DOG MAN, COMING TO THEATERS WORLDWIDE STARTING JANUARY 31 NEW YORK and LONDON
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[{"type":"text","content":"DAV PILKEY INTERNATIONAL TOUR ANNOUNCED\nDREAMWORKS ANIMATION'S NEW FEATURE FILM, DOG MAN, COMING TO THEATERS WORLDWIDE STARTING JANUARY 31\nNEW YORK and LONDON and TORONTO and SYDNEY, Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dog Man-ia is about to sweep the globe. Big plans for Dav Pilkey's #1 blockbuster hit series Dog Man kicks off with the launch of the newest book, Dog Man: Big Jim Begins, releasing today simultaneously in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand with a 5 million copy first printing.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nSince the book series launched to critical acclaim in August 2016, Dog Man has more than 60 million books in print with translations in 47 languages, making it one of the bestselling graphic novel series of all time. DreamWorks Animation's new feature film adaptation, Dog Man, will arrive in theaters worldwide early next year, beginning with the U.S. release on January 31. The film is directed by Peter Hastings and features the vocal talents of a powerhouse comedic cast, including Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson, Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Lil Rel Howery (Get Out) and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Ricky Gervais (The Office).\nMore big news is coming in the New Year as Dog Man author and illustrator Dav Pilkey embarks on an international tour. Inspired by one of the themes in the Dog Man series about how ordinary people can do extraordinarily good deeds, all events on Dav Pilkey's tour will shine the spotlight on everyday heroes who make a positive impact in their own communities. The tour starts in the U.S. in January with an event at the world's largest library, the Library of Congress, in Washington, D.C. Additional event details and tour stops in the U.S. include Kansas City, Detroit, Dallas, Orlando, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and more. For the first time in 10 years, Pilkey will travel to the U.K. and Ireland appearing in London at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the Southbank Centre's Imagine Festival on February 22nd followed by an event in Dublin. More venues and countries along with ticket information will be announced in the coming weeks on Scholastic's social media platforms and Scholastic's Dav Pilkey website.\nIn a statement, Dav Pilkey said, \"In this new book, Big Jim begins to discover that what we focus on is often more important than what happens to us. Books bring people...