The much anticipated movie, Arthur the King is set for release on 15 March 2024. The movie tells the story of Swedish Adventure Racer Mikael Lindnord and his team – and a stray dog – at the 2014 AR World Championship in Ecuador. Mikael Lindnord is portrayed my actor Mark Wahlberg. The film is based on the 2016 non-fiction book Arthur – The Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home by Mikael Lindnord.
The movie is set to thrust the sport of Adventure Racing into the limelight and mainstream consciousness.
FILM DESCRIPTION: “Over the course of ten days and 435 miles, an unbreakable bond is forged between pro adventure racer Michael Light (Mark Wahlberg) and a scrappy street dog companion dubbed Arthur. Based on an incredible true story, ARTHUR THE KING follows Light, desperate for one last chance to win, as he convinces a sponsor to back him and a team of athletes (Simu Liu, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Ali Suliman) for the Adventure Racing World Championship in the Dominican Republic. As the team is pushed to their outer limits of endurance in the race, Arthur redefines what victory, loyalty and friendship truly mean.” www.arthurtheking.movie
When you’re racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing you need is a stray dog tagging along. But that’s exactly what happened to Mikael Lindnord, captain of a Swedish adventure racing team, when he threw a scruffy but dignified mongrel a meatball one afternoon.
When the team left the next day, the dog followed. Try as they might, they couldn’t lose him—and soon Mikael realized that he didn’t want to. Crossing rivers, battling illness and injury, and struggling through some of the toughest terrain on the planet, the team and the dog walked, kayaked, cycled, and climbed together toward the finish line, where Mikael decided he would save the dog, now named Arthur, and bring him back to his family in Sweden, whatever it took. Illustrated with candid photographs, Arthur provides a testament to the amazing bond between dogs and people. (Amazon.com)
Mikael Lindnord speaks at the 2023 International Adventure Racing Conference (October 2023)
Mikael Lindnord spoke to adventure racers at the first International Adventure Racing Conference, held at the end of the 2023 Adventure Racing World Championship in South Africa. He spoke about the new movie, ‘Arthur the King’, and what adventure racing has given to him.
Articles to read
ESPN – Arthur, 3 March 2017