Arthur the King is a 2024 adventure film directed by Simon Cellan Jones (Some Voices, The Family Plan), written by Michael Brandt (2 Fast 2 Furious, Wanted), and starring Mark Wahlberg (Boogie Nights, The Departed) and Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Barbie). It is based on the 2016 non-fiction memoir Arthur - The Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home by Mikael Lindnord.
In the film, the captain (Wahlberg) 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 Ecuadorian jungle.
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 15th, 2024. Watch the official trailer below.