“Another Simple Favor,” Paul Feig’s sequel to his 2018 noir comedy starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Full of life, will open the SXSW Movie and TV Competition.
Organizers of the Austin, Texas, competition introduced Tuesday that the long-awaited “A Simple Flavor” sequel will kick of this 12 months’s version on March 7. The Amazon MGM launch plots one other twist-filled spherical of homicide and betrayal, with Stephanie Smothers (Kendrick) and Emily Nelson (Full of life) heading to an Italy wedding ceremony on Capri.
“When we saw this film last fall, we instantly knew it had to open SXSW — it gave us that electric feeling we live for as programmers,” stated Claudette Godfrey, competition vp, in an announcement.
SXSW has hosted Feig’s movies earlier than, together with a work-in-progress screening of “Bridesmaids” in 2011 and the premiere of “Spy” in 2015.
The premiere of “Another Simple Favor” can be Full of life’s first new film since final 12 months’s “It Ends With Us” and the next authorized drama involving Full of life and that movie’s director and co-star, Justin Baldoni.
In late December, Full of life sued Baldoni, his manufacturing firm and others for sexual harassment and assaults on her fame and sought unspecified damages. Baldoni sued final month, accusing Full of life and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds, of defamation and extortion and looking for not less than $400 million in damages.
A trial date of March 2026 has been set.
SXSW beforehand introduced one other opening night time premiere: the upcoming Seth Rogen Hollywood comedy sequence “The Studio.” The movie competition, now in its thirty second 12 months, runs March 7-14.
