"Dog Man", the best-selling 9-issue graphic novel by writer/illustrator Dav Pilkey, with more than 40 million copies in print, is being adapted into a cartoon feature by DreamWorks Animation, directed by Peter Hastings ("Kung Fu Panda|"):
"...'Officer Knight' and his dog 'Greg', are both injured in an explosion. Knight is left brain dead,
while Greg is paralyzed below the neck.
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"Man and canine are then combined into 'Dog Man', with a man's body and dog's head.
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"Assuming the superhero identity 'The Bark Knight', Dog Man fights
evildoers everywhere.
"Now there's a new breed of justice in town, and he's ready to sniff out criminals -- as soon as he stops chasing his own tail..."
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