From left: Blake Lively, Paul Feig, Anna Kendrick.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty, Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty, John Lamparski/Getty
A Simple Favoris getting a sequel.
Paul Feigis returning to direct a follow-up to his 2018 dark comedy-thriller starringBlake LivelyandAnna Kendrickas two friends caught up in a twisted game of deceit.
Feig, 59, will also produce the film under his Feigco Entertainment banner alongside Laura Fischer, while Jessica Sharzer — who also wrote the first movie — will pen the script, according to Deadline.
Sharzer is also set to executive produce, Deadline reports.
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Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick inA Simple Favor(2018).Courtesy Lionsgate
The film stars Kendrick, 36, as Stephanie, a mommy vlogger who attempts to figure out why and how her best friend Emily goes missing. In the process, she discovers Emily isn’t exactly who she said she was.
“Our movie is all about appearances being not what they seem and so we loved the idea of playing with the concept of ‘It’s not what you think.’ And I think these morphing photos do this in the most fun way possible,” Feigteased to PEOPLEabout the film ahead of its release.
Kendrick previously toldPrideSourceof heronscreen kiss with Livelythat she was searching fur gum and mints ahead of time, joking, “We were the mintiest, freshest two people to have ever kissed in the history of America.”
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While Lively’s involvement inA Simple Favor’s next installment may be only in a reprisal of her role, it was recently announced that she is set to makeher feature directorial debutwith the upcoming adaptation ofBryan Lee O’Malley’s 2014 graphic novelSeconds.
O’Malley, 43, also wrote the source material that inspiredEdgar Wright’s 2010 filmScott Pilgrim vs. the World. Wright, 48, wrote the screenplay for and will help produceSeconds, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.
Lively — who recently servedas one of the co-chairsof the 2022Met Galaalong with husbandRyan Reynolds— made her first foray into filmmaking when she directed friendTaylor Swift’s recentmusic video for “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version),“which debuted in November 2021 and starred Miles Teller.
source: people.com
