No, the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Legal Battle Didn’t Kill a Simple Favor 2
The best argument against releasing a sequel of Blake is lively And Anna Kendrick‘S awesome 1028 horror movie A simple favor That’s also the reason why the movie is so anticipated. How do you top the original movie Incredible twists and turns (Incestuous! Clothing set! ONE shared Henry Golding!) without selling out its happy ending? Should direct Paul Feig even try?
Sorry to those who like their favorite amber color, because the answer to that last question is “well, he did.” As of 2022, Feig has work hard ABOVE A simple favor 2, with Jessica Sharzer Return to being a screenwriter. Kendrick, is now definitely a lauded mogul debut director Woman of the hourreturns to play mother vlogger Stephanie Smothers. Lively also returns as Emily Nelson, a ghost-busting and generally toxic public relations executive.
Speaking of public relations, that’s pretty much what Lively has been doing in recent weeks. Just a few nights before Christmas, Blake Lively take over the news cycle with a series of shocking accusations against his co-star/director Justin Baldoni and manufacturers It ends with us, That play was full of trouble adaptation of Colleen Hoovernovel of 2016 about the cyclical nature of domestic violence.
After Lively’s claims that Baldoni and his company orchestrated a PR campaign against her were reported by New York TimesBaldoni, his public relations team and his studio sued the newspaper for $250 millionalleged that their reporting of Lively’s California court records was libelous. On December 31, Lively officially filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and his studio, alleging sexual harassment and “a carefully crafted, coordinated and resourced retaliation plan to silence her and others from speaking out.”
Damages in that lawsuit were not determined; through declaration, Bryan FreedmanBaldoni’s lawyer strongly denied the allegations. “It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and false allegations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives,” he said Vanity fair last month. “These statements are completely false, outrageous and intentionally obscene with the intent to publicly hurt and rewrite a media narrative.”
So far, the curveballs are thrown between It ends with us parties since December threaten to rival anything Sharzer can come up with for her script—and according to the false rumors that keep circulating on social networks (and sent via email and direct message to reporters, I would personally note) the chaos caused Amazon to drop the film entirely.
It’s a statement that makes no sense if you think about it for even a second. Interest in Lively remains high, with many jumped up to protect her in recent weeks or reconsider why her reputation has taken such a hit recently. Why would a distributor take a movie starring a sensational actor and put it on the shelf seems like a bad business decision, to say the least.
