Blake Lively has taken a break out of her busy schedule of dealing with the It Ends With Us drama to share an update about A Simple Favour 2 feat. cup-slinging Pitch Perfect star Anna Kendrick.
It was previously reported that a sequel to their 2018 mystery-comedy film was greenlit via Lionsgate and Amazon Studios with director of the OG flick Paul Feig returning to work on the project.
The word first got out in 2021 and a Deuxmoi spy later confirmed the news:
Then recently, speculation began that the film had been scrapped as a result of the It Ends With Us legal battle.
Paul Feig shut down the rumours on social media, writing, “This is total BS. Sorry. The movie is finished and coming out soon.”
Now, Blake has taken to Instagram to share new details on the movie.
In her post, she revealed the title of the sequel, its release date, plus the fact that it’ll be dropping on Prime Video
“We have Another Simple Favour to ask you… can you save the date? Opening Night at SXSW. May 1 on Prime Video,” she wrote.
The A Simple Favour 2 poster. (Credit: Prime Video)
Based on the 2017 novel of the same name, A Simple Favour is about a widowed single mama named Stephanie (Kendrick) who works as a vlogger in Connecticut.
She soon becomes v. v. v. intrigued by Emily (Lively), a successful but mysterious businesswoman whose son goes to the same school as Stephanie’s kid.
After Emily goes missing (!!!), Stephanie leads the investigation to find her and a whole lot of bonkers shit goes down.
It was a ‘yuge hit at the box office, earning more than AUD$140+ million worldwide.
Plot deets for the second flick are currently under wraps, although folks who saw the first flick shouldn’t be surprised that a sequel is happening considering the first one ended on a cliffhanger.
Earlier this week, the It Ends With Us drama went before a court for the first time and it did not go well.
Read all about it HERE.
