Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick are at each other’s throats again in Another Simple Favor, the sequel to 2018’s comedy-thriller A Simple Favor.
Directed by Paul Feig, the film picks up five years after the events of the original, which saw Stephanie Smothers (Kendrick) send the glamorous (and murderous) Emily Nelson (Lively) to prison. But Emily isn’t out of Stephanie’s life just yet! Not only has Stephanie written a true crime memoir based on the events of A Simple Favor — she also runs into Emily herself while on her book tour.
That’s right, Emily’s out of prison on appeal, and she has one more favor to ask of Stephanie: Will she be her maid of honor at her destination wedding in Capri? (With a threat of legal action hanging over Stephanie’s head, she has no choice but to accept.)
The trailer for Another Simple Favor jets off to the Italian island, re-acquainting us with familiar faces like Emily’s ex-husband Sean (Henry Golding), who would rather “shave [his] balls with a rusty knife than be at this wedding.” It also introduces some new players, including Emily’s fiancé Dante (Michele Morrone) and her aunt Linda (Allison Janney).
But of course, the true star of the trailer is the catty interplay between Lively and Kendrick, with the ever-present threat of murder hanging in the air between them. “You know, just girlfriend stuff,” Stephanie says.
In her review of Another Simple Favor out of its 2025 SXSW premiere, Mashable Entertainment Editor Kristy Puchko called the film a “divinely twisted thriller.” The movie also stars Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Alex Newell, and Elena Sofia Ricci.
Another Simple Favor premieres May 1 on Prime Video.
