Dog is an American comedy film directed by Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin, both making their respective feature directorial debuts. The film stars Tatum, Jane Adams, Kevin Nash, Q'orianka Kilcher, Ethan Suplee, Emmy Raver-Lampman, and Bill Burr.
The film was released in the United States on February 18, 2022 by United Artists Releasing.
Premise[]
U.S. Army Ranger Briggs is tasked with bringing Lulu, a Belgian Malinois military working dog, down the Pacific Coast from Joint Base Lewis–McChord in Washington to Nogales, Arizona in time to attend her handler's funeral.
Cast[]
- Channing Tatum as Briggs
- Jane Adams as Tamara
- Kevin Nash as Gus
- Q'orianka Kilcher as Niki
- Ethan Suplee
- Emmy Raver-Lampman
- Bill Burr
- Nicole LaLiberté as Zoe
- Luke Forbes as Jones
- Ronnie Gene Blevins as Keith
Production[]
On November 5, 2019, Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin are set to direct the comedy “Dog” from a script Carolin wrote from a story he created with Brett Rodriguez and are producing with Tatum, Peter Kiernan, and Gregory Jacobs through Free Association, On March 2, 2020, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired North American distribution rights to the film.
In addition to co-directing the film, Tatum will also star in the lead role. In December 2020, Q'orianka Kilcher was added to the cast.
On November 15, 2019, filming was set to start in the middle of 2020. It had been filming in Valencia and Lancaster, California during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Release[]
The film was originally scheduled to be released in the United States on February 12, 2021 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but was pushed back to July. It was later revealed to be July 16. Its distributor then pushed it back to February 18, 2022.