The big screen is getting an even bigger star to grace it this fall.
In thenewly dropped trailer, the actress stars as middle-schooler Emily Elizabeth who struggles with bullies at school when she meets an animal rescuer (John Cleese), who gifts her to a little red puppy named Clifford.
“How big is he going to get?” Emily asks, to which Cleese’s character replies that it depends “on how much you love him.”
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As Emily cries and her tears fall on Clifford, her love has the power to transform him into a 10-foot hound in her and her mom’s New York City apartment.
While Emily and her uncle Casey (Jack Whitehall) attempt to manage Clifford, their task proves difficult, as the red puppy can’t contain his boundless amounts of energy.
The family film also starsTony Hale, Sienna Guillory,David Alan Grierand Russell Wong.
Poster forClifford the Big Red Dog.Paramount Pictures
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The movie’s distributor, Paramount, is also teaming up withBest Friends Animal Societyto teach others to #LoveBig and support the charity.
For every heart, like or share the trailer gets on social media, a $1 donation will be made to Best Friends Animal Society, up to $20,000.
Clifford the Big Red Dogbounds into theaters on Sept. 17.
source: people.com
