“The world is a really hard place right now to deal with every day. I wanted to dive into a movie that would make people feel good for a while,” Ken Marino said of his new film Dog Days.
“And I am sucker for dogs,” the director added.
Dog Days, out August 10, is a “Love Actually meets Marley and Me” canine rom-com stacked with an impressive animal-loving cast. Eva Longoria, Vanessa Hudgens, Finn Wolfhard, Nina Dobrev, Adam Pally and more, are the stars of this multi-narrative film and of the exclusive photos below that offer a sneak peek into this summer family movie.
Of course the true stars of Dog Days are the canines themselves. The film follows the lives of multiple dogs and how these furry friends effect their owners’ lives and bring the characters of the movie together.
Marino, 49, and his wife Erica Oyama, who co-wrote Dog Days with Elissa Matsueda, found inspiration in the pooches around them, including their two rescue dogs.
For fellow dog owners, some of the movie’s moments will be all too familiar, like trying to convince your pup to do their business after spending 15 minutes pacing the same patch of grass with them.
Before this pooch-packed movie could be made, their had to be several canine casting calls. A cute, yet difficult, process for Marino, because who wants to say no to an adorable dog?
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“To the dogs that didn’t make the movie, know it wasn’t personal,” the director offered.
For those who might somehow feel this movie is only for “dog people,” Marino wants them to know there is more to Dog Days than just oodles of sweet, fluffy thespians.
“It’s about how people learn to be better people and how dogs help us and guide us in the right direction,” he said.
