Naomi Watts and Bill Murray Among Cast Members to Join Indie Dramedy THE FRIEND Based on Best-Seller

St. Vincent co-stars Naomi Watts (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans) and Bill Murray (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) have signed on to star in The Friend, an adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s New York Times bestselling novel from writer-directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel (Montana Story). They are joined by Sarah Pidgeon (Tiny Beautiful Things), Golden Globe nominee Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians), Emmy winner Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale), and Noma Dumezweni (The Watcher).

Winner of the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction, The Friend follows a New York writer in the aftermath of her lifelong friend and mentor’s unexpected death. Thereafter, she’s left to deal with his complicated literary legacy, three eccentric ex-wives — and a massive, brokenhearted Great Dane named Apollo.

Currently in production on the film in New York, Siegel & McGehee are producing through their new company Big Creek Projects. McGhee and Siegel came to The Friend after writing, directing and producing Montana Story, a sibling drama starring Haley Lu Richardson and Owen Teague, which Bleecker Street acquired out of TIFF. Prior to that, the duo directed the acclaimed custody-battle drama What Maisie Knew, starring Julianne Moore and Alexander Skarsgård, which debuted at the same festival.

via: Deadline