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

Connecticut animal trainer Bill Berloni trained Bing for his role alongside Naomi Watts and Bill Murray in "The Friend." ...

An Iowa dog is the latest canine to make it to the big screen. Bing, a 6-year-old Great Dane from Newton, has made his film ...

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

Naomi Watts on acting with a 150-pound Great Dane in David Siegel and Scott McGehee's great dog movie, also one of the best ...

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

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

On the red carpet, the “Mulholland Drive” actor and Great Dane looked like they were cut from the same cloth — literally.

As the heartwarming human-animal movie “The Friend” expanded nationwide over the weekend (tallying $1.69 million to land in ...

Naomi Watts plays a writer in mourning who is given a formidable gift from a friend in this adaptation of the Sigrid Nunez ...

Co-starring an enormous, soulful Great Dane named Bing, this literary Manhattan drama gives Watts and Bill Murray a forum for ...

Filmmakers David Siegel and Scott McGehee are here to discuss their new dramedy “The Friend” — starring Naomi Watts, Bill ...