Mark Wahlberg might be set for another minivan trip after the incredible success of The Family Plan.

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Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan have collaborated to great effect in The Family Plan.

The action comedy has become the most-watched movie in Apple TV+ history.

Wahlberg has partnered with The Family Plan director Simon Cellan Jones for another project.

Mark Wahlberg is back into the mix and in a minivan with Apple TV+ action-comedy, The Family Plan, as former top assassin, Dan Morgan.
Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan in The Family Plan (2023) | Image Apple TV+
In the Simon Cellan Jones-directed movie, Dan, a suburban dad is compelled to pack his wife, teen daughter, teen son, and 10-month-old baby into their minivan for an impromptu cross-country road trip to Las Vegas after his blood-laden past catches up to him. The reactions The Family Plan has received so far from viewers suggest Dan’s trip and adventure with his family is unlikely to stop with just one chapter.

Mark Wahlberg’s The Family Plan 2 Seems Like a Real Possibility

The family-friendly comedy which puts Mark Wahlberg together with Michelle Monaghan (Jessica Morgan) for an adventurous road trip premiered on Apple TV+ on December 15. The pair reunited after eight years, having appeared in the 2016 action flick Patriots Day.

Mark Wahlberg in The Family Plan (2023) | Image Apple TV+
Dan’s attempts to hide his true identity as a former assassin and his hilarious plan to escape from his adversaries have combined to great effect.

The Family Plan is being received incredibly well by streaming viewers, with a report from Deadline claiming it debuted as the most-viewed movie ever for the service and has now become the most-watched movie in Apple TV+ history.

As things stand, competition for viewing figures is relatively less intense on Apple’s streaming platform than on Netflix or Prime Video due to their respective libraries. However, leaving behind the likes of Ghosted – which featured superstars Chris Evans and Ana de Armas – and CODA – which won Best Motion Picture of the Year at the Oscars – is still no mean feat.

Accordingly, The Family Plan fans are now hoping for another minivan trip. So far, no Apple TV+ feature film has gotten a sequel, but the performance of the Walhberg starrer combined with the services’ desire to expand its library might soon change that.

Mark Wahlberg and The Family Plan Director Reunited for Another Movie

Whether we’ll see the Morgan family running away from dangerous killers again remains unknown but fans will soon get to see another collaboration between the actor and The Family Plan‘s director.
Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan in The Family Plan (2023) | Image Apple TV+
The pair have also worked together in Arthur the King, which is slated for a 2024 release. Speaking about his experience of directing back-to-back Mark Wahlberg movies, Simon Cellan Jones told The Hollywood Reporter:
“I don’t know, but I’m pretty happy about it. The film we did before The Family Plan, Arthur the King, is coming out in March, and it’s a slightly smaller movie.

It was one of those movies where I knew Mark a little bit, and I knew people who worked with him, but we’d never done anything. It was the time of the pandemic, things got a bit crazy and I just happened to be in the right place at the right time for Arthur the King. They needed someone urgently, and I was there.”
This adventure story is based on Mikael Lindnord’s life and memoir, Arthur — The Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home. It chronicles the racer’s bond with a stray dog during an endurance challenge.