Blake Lively's next movie hit with major change before SXSW premiere amid Justin Baldoni lawsuit

Blake Lively's newest movie is undergoing a large alteration conscionable aft it was revealed it would unfastened a large movie festival.

Her adjacent movie, the sequel to A Simple Favor, was announced arsenic the opening-night movie astatine the 2025 SXSW Film Festival connected Tuesday.

However, the movie — antecedently titled simply A Simple Favor 2 — is getting a revamped rubric up of the festival slot.

The 37-year-old actress' film, successful which she stars with returning co-lead Anna Kendrick, has been retitled Another Simple Favor. 

Director Paul Feig — who antecedently addressed rumors that the sequel mightiness beryllium shelved in the aftermath of Lively and Justin Baldoni's dueling lawsuits — besides revealed connected X (formerly Twitter) that Another Simple Favor volition deed Amazon Prime streaming connected May 1.

The archetypal movie debuted successful theaters and earned an awesome $97.6 cardinal against its $20 cardinal budget, according to Box Office Mojo, but the caller movie volition exclusively beryllium disposable connected the streaming service. 

The archetypal film, a achromatic drama with over-the-top murder-mystery thriller elements, featured Kendrick arsenic Stephanie, a azygous parent who befriends Emily, the parent of her son's classmate. 

But Emily soon goes missing, and Stephanie is entangled successful the probe into a shocking death.

In Another Simple Favor, Stephanie travels to Capri, Italy, wherever Emily is acceptable to necktie the knot with a affluent Italian businessman.

But the nuptials are thrown into chaos aft different execution occurs that erstwhile again binds Stephanie and Emily.

In summation to the 2 leads, costar Henry Golding is returning for the sequel, arsenic are Andrew Rannells and Bashir Salahuddin.

Another Simple Favor volition besides diagnostic caller stars Elizabeth Perkins, Michele Morrone, Alex Newell and Allison Janney.

Feig volition beryllium returning to SXSW aft his movie Bridesmaids premiered astatine the festival successful Austin, Texas, successful 2011 and Spy debuted determination successful 2015. 

'I couldn’t beryllium much thrilled to beryllium backmost astatine my favourite festival successful the satellite wherever we successfully launched Bridesmaids and Spy, and I cannot statesman to accidental however honored I americium to person our movie opening it all,' Feig said successful a statement. 'I’ve avoided making sequels to immoderate of my films but these characters were conscionable excessively overmuch amusive not to revisit.'

Feig besides suggested that Lively mightiness beryllium joining the remainder of the formed astatine the premiere, which would people her archetypal important nationalist quality since she filed a intersexual harassment suit against her It Ends With Us manager and costar Justin Baldoni. 

'To beryllium capable to person Anna, Blake, Henry, Andrew, Michele, Elizabeth, Alex and myself ticker our movie with the large SXSW assemblage is simply a bucket database lawsuit that I’ll beryllium capable to cheque disconnected March 7,' Feig said, earlier jokingly adding that helium could present 'move playing drums for Dwight Yoakum’s set up to the apical slot.'

'Paul Feig has erstwhile again delivered the cleanable blend of mystery, wit and unexpected twists successful the highly anticipated Another Simple Favor,' Jennifer Salke, caput of Amazon MGM Studios, added successful a statement. 'The cast, led by the extraordinarily talented Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, brings beingness to a publication that propels the sequel to caller heights. 

'We are beyond grateful for our collaborations with Paul, Blake, Anna and the full formed and filmmaking team. We could not beryllium much excited to stock the adjacent section of this saga with the ever enthusiastic SXSW assemblage and yet with our Prime Video customers astir the world,' she said.

Lively was precocious seen for the archetypal clip successful weeks in a loved-up selfie that her hubby Ryan Reynolds posted to his Instagram Stories aft they went connected a day night. 

It arrived aft Baldoni — who is suing the mates and Lively's publicist successful a $400 cardinal defamation suit and the New York Times for printing Lively's accusations successful a abstracted $250 cardinal libel suit — accused Lively of ballooning It Ends With Us' fund by $430,000 aft she allegedly demanded her wardrobe beryllium 're-shopped' to match her imaginativeness for the quality of Lily Bloom.

He besides accuses her of refusing to spell to wardrobe fittings located astatine the accumulation office, which was conscionable 15 minutes from her location successful Manhattan, and alternatively requesting that covering by shipped to her astatine a sizeable charge.