As "The Friend" opened nationwide, Bing the Great Dane was guest of honor at a dog-friendly screening hosted by Dog Ppl & the ...

In “The Friend,” a huge dog and his new human, played by Naomi Watts, are in mourning. Both actress and canine had to learn ...

The Forever Friends Great Dane Rescue organization partnered with an Indianapolis theater during the movie "The Friend" to ...

When filmmakers reached out to Bill Berloni about finding and training a dog to co-star with Naomi Watts and Bill Murray in the film “The Friend,” his answer was direct. “I basically told them you can ...

Naomi Watts shares the spotlight with a Great Dane in this sweet, smart, very New York tale of grief and companionship.

An adaptation of Sigrid Nunez's novel, Watts plays a bereaved writer who is bequeathed a giant dog named Apollo by her friend ...

Naomi Watts inherits a 150-pound Great Dane named Apollo after the death of her mentor Bill Murray in “The Friend.” ...

The Friend” is about animals, and humans, and grief, and understanding. The Monitor’s critic says the film, based on an award ...

The star of “The Friend” has the loping stride of Robert Mitchum and the droopy, melancholy eyes of Peter Lorre.

Naomi Watts leads this sharp, buoyant drama about life, death and companionship. She plays Iris, the best friend and onetime ...

As the heartwarming human-animal movie “The Friend” expanded nationwide over the weekend (tallying $1.69 million to land in the top 10 at the box office), the film’s star Bing the Great Dane ...

I’ve never seen — not just a Great Dane but any dog — this good ... Berloni said “The Friend” is a film in which the animal plays a real character telling the story of grief and ...