{"id":44710,"date":"2026-08-14T16:36:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=44710"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:36:39","slug":"anne-hathaway-calls-for-films-with-dogs-dying-to-be-automatically-rated-r-and-says-filmmakers-are-leaving-viewers-traumatised-and-scared-by-casually-killing-fictional-canines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=44710","title":{"rendered":"Anne Hathaway calls for films with dogs dying to be &#8216;automatically rated R&#8217; and says filmmakers are leaving viewers &#8216;traumatised and scared&#8217; by &#8216;casually&#8217; killing fictional canines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"98.910505836576\">\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/profile-3525\/ciara-farmer.html\" class=\"author\">CIARA FARMER, ASSISTANT SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-08-14T12:31:29+0100\"> 07:31 EDT, 14 August 2026 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-08-14T12:35:10+0100\"> 07:35 EDT, 14 August 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/tvshowbiz\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-design-system\/latest\/designTokens.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/11.100.0\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.6.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/16.21.0\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.6.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.6.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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It doesn&#8217;t matter if anybody curses, it doesn&#8217;t matter if there&#8217;s violence\u2026 If a dog dies, it&#8217;s R-rated.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-14a65bf71bbc2cdf\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/14\/12\/110637559-16052495-image-a-3_1786706528371.jpg\" height=\"915\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Anne Hathaway has called for films featuring dog deaths to be 'automatically rated R'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Anne Hathaway has called for films featuring dog deaths to be &#8216;automatically rated R&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-17bd6d37563e88fb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/14\/12\/110637661-16052495-image-m-18_1786706936259.jpg\" height=\"978\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Anne is pictured in 2014 with her Spaniel-Terrier mix named Kenobi.\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Anne is pictured in 2014 with her Spaniel-Terrier mix named Kenobi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-91545f2c3e1b539e\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/14\/12\/110637549-16052495-image-a-5_1786706595927.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Anne is currently promoting\u00a0The End of Oak Street, in which her on-screen family have\u00a0an Australian cattle dog called Starbuck (pictured), who Anne calls 'the star of the film'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Anne is currently promoting\u00a0The End of Oak Street, in which her on-screen family have\u00a0an Australian cattle dog called Starbuck (pictured), who Anne calls &#8216;the star of the film&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I think everybody&#8217;s so traumatized by John Wick. Because I&#8217;ve been seeing those too, like, &#8220;They better not kill the dog&#8221;. I&#8217;m like, which movies are out there killing dogs? That everybody&#8217;s so scared that we&#8217;re just casually doing it in movies now.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Anne and her husband Adam Shulman have\u00a0two dogs; a chocolate labrador named Esmeralda and a spaniel-terrier mix named Kenobi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They are parents to Jonathan, 10, and Jack, six, and are expecting their third child.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The End of Oak Street, also starring\u00a0Ewan McGregor, follows a couple and their two children who live on an ordinary 1980s street until a cosmic event rips their street out of suburbia and into a prehistoric world populated by dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The family have an Australian cattle dog called Starbuck.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Anne praised the pooch, gushing: &#8216;Starbuck is the undisputed star of the film. You just put a camera on him and you fall in love.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As well as John Wick, some of the most memorable films featuring dog deaths include 1957&#8217;s Old Yeller, which is G rated meaning any age can watch, 2008&#8217;s Marley And Me, which is PG-13 meaning 13 and up and 2007s I Am Legend which is PG-13.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-87bc1e811bbdc059\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/14\/12\/110637651-16052495-image-a-14_1786706806881.jpg\" height=\"263\" width=\"634\" alt=\"She referenced the four part John Wick franchise, in which the first movie in 2014 saw the titular character's beagle puppy Daisy brutally killed by Russian mobsters - a plotline frontman Keanu Reeves fought to keep in the film (John Wick pictured)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">She referenced the four part John Wick franchise, in which the first movie in 2014 saw the titular character&#8217;s beagle puppy Daisy brutally killed by Russian mobsters &#8211; a plotline frontman Keanu Reeves fought to keep in the film (John Wick pictured)\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1591d37f635ccdd\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/14\/12\/110637653-16052495-image-m-16_1786706835799.jpg\" height=\"563\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The death of John Wick's dog Daisy (pictured) was the backbone of Anne's reasoning\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The death of John Wick&#8217;s dog Daisy (pictured) was the backbone of Anne&#8217;s reasoning\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6f8e984108d3c471\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/14\/12\/110637565-16052495-image-a-8_1786706661903.jpg\" height=\"253\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a565fd3d96b2a2f\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/14\/12\/110637561-16052495-image-m-10_1786706671132.jpg\" height=\"185\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-537e939ad571a0ba\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/14\/12\/110637557-16052495-image-m-7_1786706653954.jpg\" height=\"333\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Fans echoed the sentiment in the comments section of Complex Pop's video\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Fans echoed the sentiment in the comments section of Complex Pop&#8217;s video\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Fans swarmed the comments section on the video of the interview to agree with the star with many guiding filmgoers to the website www.doesthedogdie.com, to check ahead of time if there is a canine killing in a film.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Users wrote: &#8216;I was so mad at my husband when we saw the Odyssey for this reason. I don\u2019t care how many people die, but if a dog gets hurt or killed, I can\u2019t suspend disbelief&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;He knew I wouldn\u2019t go if he had told me, and I\u2019m glad I saw the movie, but I WILL be checking doesthedogdie.com before any movie we go to from here on out&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The one time I don\u2019t mind spoilers. 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