According to a news release issued on Tuesday, the follow-up to Lively’s 2018 film “A Simple Favor,” which is titled “Another Simple Favor,” will debut as the opening night film at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, next month. The thriller-comedy brings back Lively’s costar Anna Kendrick and their director Paul Feig (“Bridesmaids”), and will follow 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,” according to a synopsis.
“Along with the 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.”
Andrew Rannells, Elizabeth Perkins, Henry Golding and Allison Janney, among others, round out the cast for the new installment.
The announcement of Lively’s next project comes as she is embroiled in a protracted legal battle over her 2024 film “It Ends With Us,” which was based on Colleen Hoover’s popular 2016 novel and debuted last summer.