Polone said he was concerned about the treatment of animals on set even before the beginning of the film. We are placing the safety representative who was on the set on administrative leave immediately and are bringing in an independent third party to conduct an investigation into this matter.” When the dog showed signs of resistance to jumping in the water, the scene should have been stopped. To make sure they are treated properly at all times.”Īmerican Humane issued the following statement: “American Humane has reviewed the video and we are disturbed and concerned by the footage. I agree with PETA that they not only need to make sure animals are treated properly on set, but they also need to find out where the animals are kept outside of the set. Why wasn’t this stopped? There needs to be a better system than this. That’s their job that someone is paid a lot of money to do. American Humane are supposed to be there supervising.
Why didn’t they? This is something I’ve written about before, whether it be circus animals or animals on set. It was someone’s job to watch out for this kind of thing. People have to be held responsible for this. But if I had seen that, I would have stopped it in a minute. “The first thing I asked was, ‘Is the dog OK?’ He’s fine. Hercules is happy and healthy.”īut Polone is speaking up and loudly, angry that this happened on his film, given his animal activism. 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.
While we continue to review the circumstances shown in the edited footage, Amblin is confident that great care and concern was shown for the German Shepherd Hercules, as well as for all of the other dogs featured throughout the production of the film. “Amblin production team followed rigorous protocols to foster an ethical and safe environment for the animals. Universal did not return repeated requests for comment Walden Media referred calls to Amblin who released the following statement Wednesday night: Hallstrom’s agent and lawyer were unavailable at press time. “This movie is directed towards those who love dogs and, clearly, this is not a dog’s purpose,”said Lisa Lange, PETA’s SVP.Īn official from BAU did not get back to Deadline after repeated requests. Josh Gad is the voice of the dog.ĭirected by Lasse Hallstrom, the pic was produced by Polone and executive produced by Alan Blomquist. The family film, which comes out in two weeks, stars Dennis Quaid, Peggy Lipton and Britt Robertson. It centers on a dog who realizes the meaning of his life after being re-incarnated, which puts him into the lives of many owners. Universal PicturesĪmblin/Walden Media’s A Dog’s Purpose is based on the bestselling book of the same name by W. BAU has rented out animals on hundreds of productions including for The Hangover, Marley & Me, Game Of Thrones, and Pirates Of The Caribbean. The company is an outfit PETA has been trying to expose for some time.
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'A Dog's Purpose' Trailer: Lasse Hallstrom Film Told From K-9 PerspectiveĪccording to PETA, a manager at BAU told its undercover investigator that they provided all the dogs for the film and Deadline confirmed this evening that BAU handled the dog in the video.īAU’s website has been offline for several hours.