Official Trailer A Dog’s Purpose

 

Introducing us to an uplifting story of canine reincarnation, the first trailer for A Dog’s Purpose has scurried online just in time for National Dog Day. The movie, which is lifted from W. Bruce Cameron’s bestseller, hails from director Lasse Hallström. As the trailer above reveals, Josh Gad lends his vocal chords to the central canine, who experiences life through a variety of wildly different vignettes ranging from a cutesy pup to a trained German Shepherd.

The story then becomes about Gad’s interaction with each new owner, a pitch that is about as crowd-pleasing as they come. Imagine the premise of Todd Solondz’s indie picture Wiener-Dog, only spreading its heartfelt story across multiple eras, beginning with the 1940s.

Outside of Gad’s multi-faceted role, the human cast of A Dog’s Purpose comprises Dennis Quaid, Britt Robertson, Peggy Lipton, K.J. Apa, Juliet Rylance, Luke Kirby, John Ortiz, and Pooch Hall.
A Dog’s Purpose is all set up to offer a feel-good counter to the post-apocalyptic action of Screen Gems’ Resident Evil: The Final Chapter when Lasse Hallström’s family picture opens in theaters on January 27, 2017.