AJ Goes to the Dog ParkAJ Goes to the Dog Park - New Movie Trailer

“When you are mayor, the choice of what to do with that land will be yours."

Synopsis: In humdrum Fargo, North Dakota, an ordinary man named AJ (AJ Thompson) wakes up on the right side of the bed every day. Content with his mundane existence, his simple routine consists of buttering cinnamon toast for breakfast, eating dinner with his married best friends, and visiting his favorite dog park with his beloved chihuahuas, Diddy and Biff. AJ rejects any interruption to his tranquility, including a promotion at work – offered by his boss who happens to be his dad, but still. Unfortunately, the despotic local mayor has converted his dog park into a “blog park” – where happy dog walkers have been replaced with corporate stooges hunched over their laptops
Release Date: July 25, 2025
Director: Toby Jones
Writer: Toby Jones
Cast: AJ Thompson; Greg Carlson; Danny Davy

AJ Goes to the Dog Park

Get ready to unleash the absurdity — the official trailer for AJ Goes to the Dog Park is here!

Written and directed by Toby Jones (Regular Show, OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes!), this offbeat, heartfelt comedy stars AJ Thompson as AJ, an unshakably average guy whose idea of paradise is cinnamon toast and walks with his chihuahuas, Diddy and Biff.

"When AJ loses his favorite dog park, he must fight, fish, scrap, scrape, and sap to get it back."


Life in Fargo, North Dakota is simple – until it isn’t. When the local mayor transforms AJ’s cherished dog park into a soul-sucking “blog park,” corporate drones replace wagging tails, and AJ’s peaceful world is thrown into chaos.

What follows is a bizarre, laugh-out-loud odyssey of rebellion and rediscovery, as AJ battles to restore the simple joys of life. Alongside a cast of eccentric characters played by Greg Carlson, Danny Davy, and Morgan Hoyt Davyy, AJ fights bureaucracy, nature, and his own resistance to change.

Toby Jones brings his signature cartoon logic and visual gags to the big screen in this surreal, no-budget fable that’s both a love letter to the underdog and a celebration of small-town weirdness.

Doppelgänger Releasing will bring AJ Goes to the Dog Park to theaters starting July 25, with a special multi-city Midwest roadshow to follow. The film was an official selection at Fantastic Fest 2024 and is already wagging tails with fans of indie comedy.

Watch the trailer now and get ready to bark back at blandness.

 AJ Goes to the Dog Park

AJ Goes to the Dog Park