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Quaid and Ellen Degeneres, who is an outspoken animal rights activist, encouraged the audience to see the film-which tells the story of a reincarnated dog, his many lives and the love he brings to his numerous owners.Īs for Neville, she is still not sure whether or not she will go see A Dog’s Purpose when it opens in theatres this Friday. Universal Pictures execs cancelled this weekends premiere of the movie A Dogs Purpose amid the uproar over a leaked video that shows a canine star being forced into artificially turbulent water. 19, the day after the TMZ footage was released.ĭennis Quaid, who stars in the film, has since appeared on Ellen to stand up for the movie and its message, while also questioning why someone waited to release the footage until right before the film’s release date. In addition to the statement, the filmmakers have added a separate section to the movie’s official website dedicated to Hercules, who stars as “Ellie,” with images of the dog playing in California on Jan. “On the day of the shoot, Hercules did not want to perform the stunt portrayed on the tape so the Amblin production team did not proceed with filming that shot. “There were several days of rehearsal of the water scenes to ensure Hercules was comfortable with all of the stunts,” the statement said.
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However, since the controversy erupted last week, that employee has been suspended pending an investigation.īut before we all jump on the #BoycottADogsPurpose bandwagon, there’s more to this story. While Neville says that the video, which has now been viewed more than 7.8 million times, is disturbing, she acknowledges that we may not be seeing the full picture.Īccording to a statement released by Amblin Entertainment, which produced the film, they are looking into the “edited footage” but remain confident that no animals were harmed during filming. The American Humane Association reportedly had a representative on set during shooting, which took place in Manitoba. It started simply enough - a howling dog has helped create a viral video within a viral video someone uploaded of their German shepherd howling with the wolves from Zootopia. Show everyone why they should #BoycottADogsPurpose! Tag in a post of your dog & their special purpose ❤️ /Ws5ysa9jb9 Animal welfare organizations that had planned to host screenings of the film as fundraisers have cancelled their events, and due to the backlash, the Hollywood premiere of A Dog’s Purpose was also cancelled. PETA agrees with those sentiments and, following the release of the footage, is calling for a boycott of the movie, set to be released on Jan. “That looked like a scared dog, and I am not in support of handling animals like that.” Bruce Cameron is defending the movie against claims of animal mistreatment after he said he viewed additional footage from the incident portrayed in a leaked, now.
“From what I’ve seen on that video, it was horrible,” says Jennifer Neville, an animal wrangler and owner of Vancouver animal talent agency Cinemazoo.