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UPDATE Saturday, 11:00 AM: PETA has issued a statement on the matter. “It takes a cold heart not to find this footage disturbing, so PETA asks whether A Dog’s Purpose was written from the heart or just to make a buck. Whistleblowers invariably fear for their jobs, but this footage was bravely made public after PETA…

In response to a video of “a dog being mishandled” on the set of Amblin Entertainment/Universal Pictures’ A Dog's Purpose, a Care2 petition has been launched calling for a boycott of the film unless the movie's creators donate “a significant portion of the film's proceeds” to animal welfare organizations. The petition…

Due to the swirling controversy over the now viral video of a German shepherd being forced into the water and later slipping under the water as a handler scrambles to save it on the set of A Dog’s Purpose, Universal has cancelled both the press junket and the weekend’s scheduled premiere of the film. A Dog’s Purpose…

EXCLUSIVE: Both angered and saddened over the images of the now viral video of a German Shepard forced into rushing water and then later disappearing under water while shooting a scene for A Dog’s Purpose, the voice-over talent of the Spanish trailer for the film has also come forward in protest. Anthony Mendez, who…

After receiving numerous complaints about the way a German shepherd was treated during a second-unit shoot on the Winnipeg-area set of Universal Pictures’ upcoming family film A Dog’s Purpose, the Chief Veterinary Office of Canada has assigned an animal protection officer to look into the matter. According to Kyle…

Lasse Hallstrom, the director behind A Dog’s Purpose and Josh Gad who is one of the main actors of the film took to social media to voice their disgust that a dog was forced into the water during a second unit shoot on the film. The newly released video from TMZ shows a terrified German shepherd being pushed into the…

Updated 6:29 PM with statement from Amblin (below): Gavin Polone, the producer of A Dog’s Purpose who is also an animal rights activist and has actually written publicly about making sure animals are treated properly in the entertainment field, told Deadline today that he was “horrified” about what happened in a…

“What is the meaning of life … and why does food taste so much better in the trash?” Those questions and others have hounded pooches for centuries — right? — and now comes a film that digs for the answers. Here is the first trailer for A Dog’s Purpose, Oscar-nominated director Lasse Hallstrom’s family film about a dog…

Universal Pictures has set director Lasse Hallström’s A Dog’s Purpose, based on the bestselling book of the same name, for release on January 27, 2017, dropping it in a time where the date is pretty clear for new releases. The only other title on that date is a horror film, Resident Evil 6 from Sony. A Dog’s Purpose…

Pooch Hall will be kind to animals, as he’s joined the cast of DreamWorks’ A Dog’s Purpose. Based on the best-selling novel by W. Bruce Cameron, the film tracks a dog’s experience through several reincarnations as he looks through his purpose through each life, while interacting with different human companions. Hall…

John Ortiz has locked down back to back film roles, starting with New Line Cinema’s upcoming comedy Going In Style, directed by Zach Braff from a script by Theodore Melfi. Ortiz will play “Jesus,” a Mensa smart criminal who is socially responsible and deplores society's treatment of the elderly. He joins Morgan…

EXCLUSIVE: Lasse Hallstrom has committed to next direct A Dog’s Purpose, an Audrey Wells-scripted adaptation of the W. Bruce Cameron novel. Gavin Palone and Mark Sourian are producing and Alan Blomquist is executive producer. Cameron, an insider whose credits include 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Daughter, wrote the…