From Al.com Alabama:
"The Friend," is a movie based on Matthew Teague's essay, "The Friend: Love is Not a Big Enough Word," which was published in the May 2015 issue of Esquire magazine.
The essay details Nicole’s death -Matthew's wife- from ovarian cancer and how the couple’s best friend, Dane Faucheux, quit his job and left his life in New Orleans to help Matthew care for Nicole and the girls in Fairhope. According to what has been said by author and executive producer Matthew Teague, Dakota will play Nicole, Matthew's wife, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She was 36 years old when she died in September of 2014, two years after she was diagnosed.
Pic is produced by Scott Free’s Kevin Walsh, Michael Pruss & Ryan Stowell, alongside Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman. Ridley Scott will be executive producer along with Black Bear’s Ben Stillman and Michael Heimler. Ingelsby, Teague and Ted Deiker will also be exec producers.
“I’m thrilled and honored to see the story come to life this way, thanks to the filmmaking vision of Gabriela Cowperthwaite and a script that Brad Ingelsby and I worked on closely together. It captures what’s at the heart of the story: deep love and loss, and the saving grace of friendship,” said Matthew Teague. “To have the talents of Dakota Johnson, Jason Segel and Casey Affleck help the story live on is remarkable. And I’m grateful to Scott Free and Black Bear, who have been both passionate and sensitive from day one. I hope the story gives people an honest glimpse of what it means to face mortality, and the value of having a true friend at your side, when that moment comes.”
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