Blake Lively snubbed by Hollywood director amid Justin Baldoni controversy

Director Paul Feig shared a promotional poster for Another Simple Favour, which stars Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick

Blake Lively was near retired of a director's promotional station astir a caller movie she's starring successful amid her contention with Justin Baldoni.

The Gossip Girl actress has been embroiled successful a ineligible conflict with It Ends With Us co-star Justin since she initiated the archetypal suit implicit Justin's alleged conduct. She accused her co-star of intersexual harassment and alleges a targeted PR run aimed astatine tarnishing her estimation post-film collaboration.

Justin soon countersued Blake and her hubby Ryan Reynolds for a whopping $400 million, alleging an effort to "destroy" his bully sanction and career. It has besides been claimed the A-list couple's lawyers person filed a announcement to authorities that they volition question to disregard Justin's lawsuit. This is successful enactment with Judge Lewis Linman's tribunal order, which outlined however the lawsuit volition spell ahead.

Amid the ineligible row, manager Paul Feig took to his Instagram to stock a promotional poster of his caller movie, Another Simple Favour, which stars Blake and Anna Kendrick. The upcoming movie, acceptable to beryllium released connected Prime Video, is the sequel to A Simple Favour - which came retired successful 2018.

The promotional poster features Blake and Anna, but Paul lone tagged Anna and the different stars of the movie - including Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Michelle Morrone, Allison Janne and Elizabeth Perkins. He besides tagged Amazon's authoritative pages but omitted Blake from his post.

"I person a elemental favour to inquire you… tin you prevention the date? #AnotherSimpleFavor from @AmazonMGMStudios is premiering arsenic the opening nighttime movie astatine @SXSW successful Austin connected March 7th. And past we deed @PrimeVideo connected May 1st. Stay tuned for much details and overmuch much fun!" helium captioned the post.

In Amazon Prime's station of the aforesaid poster, wherever Blake was tagged, 1 idiosyncratic asked: "Is it Paul's chopped oregon Blake's cut?" referring to the claims Blake tried to marque changes to the It Ends With Us script. Paul swiftly responded to the comment: "It’s my cut. There is nary different cut. Blake has been thing but supportive and a imagination to enactment with. She is the champion and an astonishing collaborator and I’m her biggest fan. Just wanted to wide that up."

Blake stars alongside Anna for the sequel of A Simple Favour arsenic they reprise their respective roles of Emily Nelson and Stephanie Smothers. The sequel is said to beryllium pursuing 'Stephanie and Emily arsenic they caput to Capri, Italy, for Emily's lavish wedding to a affluent Italian businessman.'

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