The Togo Trailer Is Here And It's Heartwarming AF

Get ready for an action-packed, dog-filled adventure! Disney+ just released the official trailer for Togo, starring Willem Dafoe, and if puppies are your weakness, we advise you do your absolute best to hold it together.


Per the trailer's description, Togo is the countless true story" of sled dog breeder Leonhard Seppala's dangerous trek via tundra with his lead sled dog. Julianne Nicholson stars alongside Dafoe in the film, which is set in the winter of 1925. And in case you think this is merely a story about a dangerous adventure through much less than ideal weather conditions, think again. Togo is about "strength, courage, determination," and possibly above all, friendship.


"My organization is dogs," Seppala says, insinuating that driving a dog sled is nothing more than a job. "He's undersized, he's trouble, he's untrainable," he says of Togo — a puppy who, in his eyes, seems to be more trouble than he's worth. Nevertheless Seppala soon realizes that he's underestimated the mischievous pup, as Togo later outruns all of the other sled dogs. What sets him apart? According to Nicholson's character, it's that he has "the heart of a survivor."


because the trailer goes on, Seppala's relationship with Togo keeps it up and grows continuously into a unbreakable bond. "He outran almost every one of 'em," Seppala mentioned. "He's not sled dog; he is a lead dog." Unfortunately (and as all dog owners know), dogs get older. And at 12 years old, several doubted whether Togo could have the ability to survive one final trek. "Got one more in ya, pup?" Seppala asks before they embark on one last adventure together.


Inevitably, Seppala and Togo go on to face some frightening challenges while doing so, nevertheless the fact that they face them with each other is what makes this trailer so incredibly heartwarming. Toward the end, Seppala realizes that Togo's loyalty isn't to his job as lead sled dog, nevertheless to Seppala himself. He mentioned it best: "I routinely thought he lived for the sled, once all along, what he lived for was me."


Togo officially hits Disney+ on December 20, so grab the popcorn. Oh, and the tissues, too!