‘A Dog’s Purpose’ Premiere Canceled Following Alleged Animal Cruelty

A Dog’s Purpose Los Angeles premiere was canceled after TMZ leaked a video allegedly depicting animal cruelty.

The weekend premiere of A Dog’s Purpose has been canceled after allegations of animal cruelty on set of the feature film. The controversy of the feature film stemmed from a video that surfaced earlier this week. The video appears to show a scared German Shepherd being forced into a pool of water intended to simulate a raging river for one of the movie’s planned scenes.

“Because Amblin’s review into the edited video released yesterday is still ongoing, distributor Universal Pictures has decided it is in the best interest of ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ to cancel this weekend’s premiere and press junket. Amblin and Universal do not want anything to overshadow this film that celebrates the relationship between humans and animals,” the producer and distributor said in a statement.

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