From left: Blake Lively, Paul Feig, Anna Kendrick.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty, Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty, John Lamparski/Getty
Thesequel toA Simple Favoris in advanced negotiations to begin production this fall, PEOPLE has learned from a source.
The Amazon Studios and Lionsgate picture, a follow-up to the popular 2018 dark comedy–thriller starringBlake LivelyandAnna Kendrick, will be set in Capri, Italy for the duo’s new twisted game of deceit.
Paul Feigis back in the director’s chair and most, if not all, of the supporting cast from the first film will return, the source tells PEOPLE.
Feig, 60, will also produce the film under his Feigco Entertainment banner alongside Laura Fischer, while Jessica Sharzer — who also wrote the first movie — penned the script.
Amazon Studios could not be reached for comment.
Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick inA Simple Favor(2018).Courtesy Lionsgate
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The film stars Kendrick, 37, as Stephanie, a mommy vlogger who attempts to figure out why and how her best friend Emily goes missing. In the process, she discovers Emily isn’t exactly who she said she was.
“I’ve actually read the script now,” Kendrick told Courtney Lopez on the Jan. 17episode ofE! Newsof the sequel, “and it’s so good.”
The actress told Lopez her character’s “got like a little bit more savvy in her,” but added that “she’s still Stephanie at the end of the day.”
Blake Lively.blake lively/instagram; getty
In additional Lively news, on Thursday, the 35-year-old actress debuted a new hair color on her Instagram Story, trading in her blonde for brunetteamid her latest role announcementinIt Ends with Us.
TheGossip Girlalum is set to star oppositeJane the VirginstarJustin Baldoni, 39, in the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel.
source: people.com
