The video had an immediate impact on “A Dog’s Purpose,” starring Dennis Quaid and featuring Josh Gads’ voice, as a planned press day and starry premiere were canceled. Who may have leaked the video wasn’t addressed in the report, and American Humane doesn’t know who is responsible, he said. That conclusion was based on viewing unedited footage from the set and on eyewitness accounts, group spokesman Mark Stubis said Saturday. In fact, the two scenes shown in the edited video were filmed at different times,” the group said in reporting the findings. “The video was deliberately edited for the purpose of misleading the public and stoking outrage.
“The decisions by the individual or individuals who captured and deliberately edited the footage, and then waited longer than 15 months to release the manipulated video only days before the movie’s premiere, raise serious questions about their motives and ethics,” American Humane said Friday.