The first trailer for The Friend, which stars Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, has been launched, with a large launch set for April.
The Friend obtained robust opinions out of its Telluride Film Festival debut final 12 months, additional constructing its repute at TIFF. It was right here that phrase grew sufficient that it appeared a positive factor it could get a good launch. And after Bleecker Street nabbed the rights, it was on its approach to 2025. It flew a bit below the radar there for some time however now, forward of its debut in a few months, now we have the primary trailer.
Here is the official synopsis, as per Bleecker Street, who can be distributing the drama: “In THE FRIEND, adapted from the bestselling novel, Iris (Naomi Watts) finds her comfortable New York life upended when her friend and mentor Walter (Bill Murray) bequeaths her his Great Dane, Apollo. The regal yet intractable beast is a constant reminder of Walter and causes various problems— yet as Iris bonds with Apollo, she begins to cope with her past, her lost friend, and her own creative inner life.” The film is predicated on the novel of the identical identify by Sigurd Nunez, who received the National Book Award for her work.
Outside of Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, the supporting forged options Sarah Pidgeon, Carla Gugino, Constance Wu, Ann Dowd, Noma Dumezweni, Felix Solis, Owen Teague, and extra. The film is directed by the longtime staff of Scott McGehee and David Siegel, whose first movie Suture came visiting 30 years in the past. Their most up-to-date film, Montana Story, was additionally distributed by Bleecker Street. That’s a fairly robust film, however I’d personally advocate 2012’s What Maisie Knew first.
The Friend reunites Watts and Murray for the primary time in a decade, having previously labored collectively on Theodore Melfi’s St. Vincent. The Friend, nonetheless, can have fairly a unique dynamic between the celebrities, particularly given the plot description. The Friend can be considered one of three films Murray has lined up this 12 months together with Riff Raff and Wee Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme.
The Friend will go large on April 4th following a New York City run starting March twenty first.
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