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Paul Feig, Blake Lively
Michael Kovac/Getty Images ; Jeff Spicer/Getty ImagesBlake Livelyis approaching A simple kindness 2 was not canceled amid her ongoing legal battle, according to the film’s director.
On Friday, January 10, Paul Feig responded to online rumors that Amazon’s movie studio has decided to shelve the project indefinitely due to Lively’s lawsuit against her It ends with us costar Justin Baldoni.
“This is total BS. sorry The movie is done and coming out soon,” Feig (62) wrote. X. “Don’t believe anything you read on social media these days.”
In a follow-up post, Feig praised Lively and the costar Anna Kendrick for their work on the project.
Blake Lively is receiving more support during her sexual harassment lawsuit against It Ends With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni. “I’ve done two films with Blake now and all I can say is that he’s one of the most professional, creative, talented and kind people I’ve ever worked with,” A Simple Favor director Paul (…)
“The movie is amazing and Blake and Anna give amazing performances,” he said it was gushing. “I can’t wait for you all to see it. Stay tuned for more details. A simple kindness 2 soon!”
Feig directed Lively (37) and Kendrick (39). 2018 A simple kindness about a single vlogger named Stephanie who investigates the mysterious disappearance of her friend Emily. Kendrick portrays Stephanie opposite Lively’s Emily.
Almost six years later in 2024, Lively and Kendrick reunited to film the upcoming sequel. That same year, Lively also collaborated with Baldoni, 40, on an adaptation Colleen Hoover‘with It ends with us. (Baldoni also served as the film’s director, while Lively was an executive producer.)
Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick are set to return for more fun in the sequel to 2018’s A Simple Favor. The dark comedy thriller was based on Darcey Bell’s book of the same name and follows blogger mom Stephanie (Kendrick) as she befriends a rich by a mom named Emily (Lively). After Emily mysteriously disappears, (…)
Live sued Baldoni in December 2024 for alleged sexual harassment with the claim Jane the Virgin alum promoted a “hostile work environment” on the set of the summer blockbuster. She also alleged that Baldoni attempted to launch an alleged campaign of “social manipulation” to destroy her career and reputation. Baldoni vehemently denied the accusation and subsequently filed a $250 million lawsuit against New York Times for their report detailing Lively’s claims.
“In this brutal smear campaign completely orchestrated by Blake Lively and her team New York Times hidden from the whims and whims of two powerful ‘untouchable’ Hollywood elites, flouting the journalistic practices and ethics of a once revered publication by using edited and manipulated texts and deliberately omitting texts that challenge their chosen PR story,” Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman he said in a statement last month. “In doing so, they pre-determined the outcome of their story and aided and abetted their own devastating PR smear campaign to revive Lively’s self-inflicted decaying image and counter an organic wave of criticism among the online public. The irony is rich.”
Meanwhile live he denied the charges in her own statement.
“This lawsuit is based on the patently false premise that Ms. Lively’s administrative complaint against Wayfarer and others was a ruse based on the decision not to sue Baldoni, Wayfarer, and that litigation was never her ultimate goal,” the actress said. My Weekly in the statement.
