An adventure racer adopts a stray dog named Arthur to join him in an epic endurance race.
Arthur the King is an upcoming American adventure film directed by Simon Cellan Jones, written by Michael Brandt, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Simu Liu, and Juliet Rylance. It is based on the 2016 non-fiction book Arthur – The Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home by Mikael Lindnord. In the film, the captain of an adventure racing team befriends a wounded stray dog named Arthur, who accompanies the team on a grueling 435-mile (700-km) endurance race through the Dominican Republic.
Cast
- Mark Wahlberg as Michael Light[1]
- Simu Liu as Liam[2]
- Juliet Rylance as Helena Light
- Nathalie Emmanuel[2]
- Ali Suliman[3]
- Rob Collins[3]
- Michael Landes[2]
- Bear Grylls as himself
- Paul Guilfoyle
The film was announced in 2019 as a Paramount Players release. It moved to Lionsgate in June 2020 and filming began in the Dominican Republic in January 2021. The film is scheduled to be released by Lionsgate on March 22, 2024.
