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

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

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

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

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

Based on the bestselling 2018 novel from Sigrid Nunez, writer and teacher Iris (Naomi Watts) finds her content life in New ...

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

Berloni and a back-up Great Dane (which was a distant cousin to Bing) all residing in a small house with a fenced back yard in Staten Island. Key to the dog’s performance was Watts willingness ...