The first look at Prime Video’s A Simple Favor sequel is here — and Blake Lively’s Emily Nelson is out for revenge.
As seen in the Wednesday, February 26, trailer, Another Simple Favor picks up with Anna Kendrick’s Stephanie Smothers promoting a book she wrote about the events of the first film titled The Faceless Blonde. Much to her surprise, Emily somehow managed to get out of prison and decided to crash her frenemy’s event. “Boo!” she says upon her arrival.
Turns out, Emily wants Stephanie to be the maid of honor for her upcoming Italian wedding. “Why am I here?” Stephanie asks Emily, who replies, “Do you think I invited you to get revenge for stealing my life and taking my kid away? Do you think I want to make you pay?”
“I don’t know, do you?” Stephanie retorts.
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However, the glamorous wedding weekend turns out to be anything but a relaxing getaway. The trailer goes on to tease several shocking moments, from Stephanie seemingly discovering a dead body to an explosion happening at one of Emily’s wedding celebrations to someone falling off a balcony.
“If I do try to murder you, it’ll make an amazing sequel,” Emily quips at the end of the trailer.
In addition to Lively, 37, and Kendrick, 39, Henry Golding will reprise his role as Emily’s now-ex-husband, Sean. Other returning cast members include Andrew Rannells, Aparna Nancherla, Kelly McCormack, Ian Ho and Joshua Satine. The sequel’s trailer also gives a first look at several new cast additions, including Alex Newell, Michele Morrone, Elena Sofia Ricci, Allison Janney and Elizabeth Perkins.
Prior to its Prime Video release this spring, Another Simple Favor is set to premiere at the 2025 SXSW film festival in Austin, Texas, on March 7.
The film marks Lively’s first movie release since her ongoing legal drama with Justin Baldoni. She filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the director, 41, in December 2024, months after reports that the two faced creative differences while making the August 2024 book adaptation It Ends With Us.
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While Lively’s legal filing accused Baldoni of inappropriate on-set behavior and attempting to launch a smear campaign against her, his opposing lawsuits against her, The New York Times, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and her publicist, Leslie Sloane, accuse her of attempting to take over creative control of It Ends With Us and alleged she blocked him out of the film’s marketing and premieres.
Both Lively and Baldoni, as well as The New York Times, have denied the other side’s allegations. The pair’s trial is set to begin on March 9, 2026.
Another Simple Favor director Paul Feig vocalized his support for Lively following her initial December 2024 lawsuit. “I’ve now made two movies with Blake and all I can say is she’s one of the most professional, creative, collaborative, talented and kind people I’ve ever worked with,” he wrote via X at the time. “She truly did not deserve any of this smear campaign against her. I think it’s awful she was put through this.”
Feig, 62, has since denied social media rumors that Another Simple Favor was canceled because of Lively and Baldoni’s drama, as well clarified the only cut of Another Simple Favor is his own. (Baldoni claimed that Lively created her own cut of It Ends With Us.)
“It’s my cut. There is no other cut,” Feig responded to a social media comment earlier this month. “Blake has been nothing but supportive and a dream to work with. She is the best and an amazing collaborator and I’m her biggest fan. Just wanted to clear that up.”
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A source exclusively told Us Weekly that Lively and Kendrick are disappointed by “hate online” about the upcoming sequel. The insider shared that the costars plan to “be doing press together” and “want fans to focus on the film and not any outside drama.”
Another Simple Favor premieres on Prime Video Thursday, May 1.
