Does the – Producer Richard Raymond says the dog in Brad Pitt’s upcoming survival thriller “Heart of the Beast” does not die, after he posted the reassurance on X ahead of the trailer release.
For anyone who’s ever paused a trailer halfway through because they couldn’t handle the thought of a dog getting hurt, Brad Pitt’s upcoming survival thriller has a simple answer.
Producer Richard Raymond stepped in on Thursday with a message posted to X that’s basically a promise: the dog makes it through to the end of “Heart of the Beast.”
“Look, everybody loves a dog,” Raymond wrote in a lengthy post dedicated to the trailer drop. “So let me put your mind at ease right now: The dog does not die. You’re welcome,” he added.
Raymond’s reassurance was posted in connection with the film’s trailer release on Thursday. and it follows the movie’s setup: Brad Pitt stars as a former Special Forces officer who. with his combat dog Odin (played by rescue dog Uber). is trapped in the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash. The survival battle is pitched against both the elements and other animals—conditions Raymond notes elsewhere in his post would likely kill “any other man (or dog).”.
He wasn’t only focused on giving anxious viewers a clean outcome. Raymond also sounded genuinely thrilled about what the film has become for him, describing “Heart of the Beast” as “the definitive German Shepard movie.”
Raymond wrote that he grew up around German Shepherds, saying his mother breeds and trains them, and that he’d always believed they were “the best breed going — full stop.” He explained that a script by Cameron Alexander is what pulled him in first—one he says he chased for “five years.”
From there, Raymond said the project changed hands over time before he felt the right way forward was clear. “A film that had passed through a lot of hands over the years. none of which quite knew what they were holding or how to treat it. I did. ” he wrote. adding that they “redeveloped it together” and brought on Andrew Simpson. which Raymond described as “the best dog trainer in the business. ” pointing to “the Malinois in John Wick” as proof of his work.
Raymond then laid out how the team took the survival story through big swings: he said he handed it to Damien Chazelle and Olivia Hamilton. who he wrote “saw exactly what I saw: a gritty survival thriller made for the big screen.” He said they took it to Paramount. which “fell for it as hard as we had.”.
Brad Pitt later joined, with David Ayer directing—Raymond called Ayer “an absolute maestro”—and the film moved into production “in New Zealand.”
Raymond also reflected on the personal timing of it all. He wrote that in the ’90s at Pinewood, he was a runner making Brad Pitt his tea and coffee on “Interview with the Vampire.” Now, he says he’s producing one of Pitt’s films, and he summed up the feeling with a single line: “pinch me.”
“Heart of the Beast” arrives in theaters on Sept. 25.
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So the dog lives?? ok good lol
I saw the headline and instantly thought they were gonna kill the dog for shock value. Glad they didn’t, because that’s messed up. Also Alaskan wilderness movies always look so cold
Wait “Uber” is the rescue dog? I thought Uber was like the ride app 😂 anyway they said Odin doesn’t die but survival thriller… so it’s probably like “he survives but loses a leg” or something. They always leave out the scary parts
German Shepherd movie?? sounds like they’re just trying to sell people on cute dogs. I don’t even know why Brad Pitt needs a “promise” from a producer like just… make it not sad? Also special forces in Alaska with animals, seems fake like half the time in these trailers