Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively are back for the sequel to A Simple Favour, which will be rather aptly named Another Simple Favour.
The original movie, based on the Darcey Bell novel of the same name, was a huge hit – a black comedy seeing Anna’s character Stephanie begin to obsess over Blake’s character Emily, and resolves to solve the mystery of what happens to her when she disappears. Bridesmaids boss Paul Feig directed, and will also return to helm the sequel.
We’ve even been teased with one first look image, of Stephanie and Emily sharing a classy-looking drink poolside.
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Last spring, Variety reported the beginning of production on the film, with Kendrick speaking out on how “dark and f**ked up” the sequel will be. “I was so happy. We filmed it in Italy this spring and summer,” she shared. “It felt like it wasn’t ever actually going to come together. Then it did, and the script was awesome. It’s really dark and f**ked up in all the ways that the first one was.”
Here’s everything we know so far about A Simple Favour sequel, Another Simple Favour.
Another Simple Favour plot
The film’s synopsis reads: “Another Simple Favour sees the return of Stephanie Smothers (Kendrick) and Emily Nelson (Lively) as they head to the beautiful island of Capri, Italy, for Emily’s extravagant wedding to a rich Italian businessman.
“Along with glamorous guests, expect murder and betrayal to RSVP for a wedding with more twists and turns than the road from the Marina Grande to the Capri town square.”
We imagine there will be something of a time jump, seeing as the previous film ended with Emily going to prison – seeing as we check back in with her on her wedding day, some serious time must have passed.
