The Filmmaker Reunited with the actress for Another Simple Favorwhich will premiere at sxsw
Director Paul Feig Has Yet Again Stood Up For Blake Lively During Her Ongoing Legal Battle With Justin Baldoni. Following the Premiere AnnoUNucement of To Simple Favor sequel Another Simple FavorThe Filmmaker Defended Lively as an “Amazing Collaborator.”
After Prime Video Shared That The Film would Debut at Sxsw and On Streaming May 1 in An Instagram Post, A Fan Commented, “Is It Paul Feig's Cut or Blake's Cut?”
Feig Responded to the comment, writing, “It's my cut. There is no other cut. Blake Has Been Nothing butting support 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. ”
The Fan Comment is in Reference to Claims That Two Version of It ends with us Were Created, One by Lively and One by Baldoni, Its Director. Baldoni Made the Allegation in A Dec. 31 Lawsuit Against the New York Times Over Its Reporting of Lively's Dec. 20 Complaint, Which Accused Him of Sexual Harassment. In a statement to Rolling StoneLively's Legal Team Called Baldoni's Latest Suit “Another Chapter in the Abuser PlayBook” And Said That Movie Studio Sony Asked Lively to “Oversee Sony's Cut of the Film.”
Feig Previously Debunked Rumors That Lively's Legal Battle With Baldoni would indefinitel Delay Its Release. “This is total bs. Sorry, ”Feig Said in Janogy. “The Movie is finished and coming out soon. Don't Believe Anything You Read on Social Media These Days. “
Feig First VoiceD His Support For Lively in December Shortly After She Filed a Lawsuit Against Baldoni Alleging Sexual Harassment On Set and the Coordination of A Smear Campaign Against Her. “I'm now made two movies with blake and all i can say is she's one of the mouss professional, creative, collaborative, Talented, and Kind People i've Ever World With,” Feig Wrote ON X. “She Truy Did Not Desert Any of this Smear Campaign Against Her. I Think It's Awful She Was Put Through This. ”
Another Simple Favor Reunites Lively with Anna Kendrick Seven Years After the Release of the Original Film. The Sequel Will Make Its World Premiere On Opening Night at the Sxsw Film Festival on March 7.