Paul Feig is coming to Blake Lively’s defense! On Tuesday, Prime Video shared on Instagram that A Simple Favor’s sequel, Another Simple Favor, which stars the Gossip Girl alum and Anna Kendrick, will debut at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, on March 7 and head straight to streaming on May 1.
Check out the announcement (below): It is the absolute worst timing for this film since Blake is in the middle of a nasty legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star and director, Justin Baldoni.
Many people are not on her side right now, so the comments section quickly flooded with backlash against the 37-year-old actress!
A lot of social media users even asked one burning question: Did she take over the movie from Paul, the director of Another Simple Favor director, too? Related: Justin Baldoni Already ‘Devastated Financially’ Just Weeks Into Blake Lively Legal Battle! As you may recall, Justin accused Blake and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, of taking control of IEWU in the libel lawsuit against The New York Times, even claiming they hired their own editor to work on the film.
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