US EditionDog Star of Horror Film 'Good Boy' Pens Letter Asking Oscars to Recognize Animal Actors
Indy, star of Good Boy, urges the Academy to honor animals’ emotional performances, highlighting a viral campaign with over 100 million views that gained traction this awards season.
- On October 9, 2025, Indy, the canine star of Good Boy, signed an open letter asking the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to consider animal actors, a playful campaign distributed by IFC.
- Citing past animal roles, the letter argues they remain excluded from Academy recognition as Indy notes he was deemed ineligible for Best Actor, urging the Academy to stop 'lifting your leg' on animal performers.
- The campaign went viral with over 100 million views, boosting visibility, and Good Boy's $2.2 million opening weekend backed IFC Entertainment Group's awards push.
- Whether the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will act remains uncertain, despite IFC's campaign sparking an overdue conversation about non-human performers; the Academy added a stunt-design category earlier this year.
- Indy has become the unexpected face of a new awards-season movement advocating for animal recognition, while IFC has not announced additional plans after Good Boy's nationwide debut.
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With the film festival season drawing to a close, award season is heating up. Now is the time for aspiring Oscar hopefuls to make themselves heard. And props to one of our favorite performers of the year for raising his paw for notice. Indy is sniffing his way into the Academy Awards conversation with a public letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The lead of the dog-centered horror/thriller Good Boy, Indy has been earning p…
Hollywood has experienced a moment as unusual as it was unexpected: Indy, the dog protagonist of the movie Good Boy, has “sent” an open letter to the Hollywood Academy addressed directly to the organizers of the Oscar Awards. The message, written in an ironic tone, but with a vindicational background, raises a question that has generated debate in the industry: why can't animal actors be recognized with awards in the big film gala?The initiative…
“Throw Us a Bone!” — The Dog from Good Boy Begs the Academy for an Oscars Award
In one of the most delightful twists of Oscars awards season, indie studio IFC has unleashed an open letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — signed not by a publicist or a producer, but by a dog. The post “Throw Us a Bone!” — The Dog from Good Boy Begs the Academy for an Oscars Award appeared first on That Park Place.
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