No, the legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni didn’t kill a simple favor 2
The best argument against releasing a sequel to Blake Lively and Anna KendrickGreat thriller 1028 Simple service This is also why the film is highly anticipated. How to top the amazing twists and turns of the original film (the incest! Henry Golding!) Without selling her happy ending? The director should Paul Feig Even try?
Sorry to those who prefer their favorites in amber, because the answer to that last question is, “Well, he actually did.” Since 2022, Feig has been working hard simple service 2, with Jessica Sharzer Return as screenwriter. Kendrick, is now a popular leader in her own right for her directorial debut Woman of the hourshe returned to play mommy vlogger Stephanie Smothers. Lively also returned as Emily Nelson, a misogynistic and generally toxic PR executive.
Speaking of PR, it can be said that this is what Lively has been doing in recent weeks. Just a few nights before Christmas, Blake Lively took over the news cycle with a set of shocking allegations against her co-star/director. Justin Baldoni And the producers And it ends with usthis drama-filled adaptation Colin HooverThe 2016 novel is about the cyclical nature of domestic violence.
After Lively’s allegations that Baldoni and his company staged a public relations campaign against her, were previously reported New York TimesBaldoni, his public relations team, and his studio sued the newspaper for $250 million, claiming that their reporting on Lively’s court case in California was libel. On December 31, energetically Formal suit against Baldoni and his studio, alleging sexual harassment and a “carefully crafted, coordinated and resourced retaliation scheme to silence her and others from speaking out.”
The damages in that lawsuit are not specified. Through the statement, Brian Friedmana lawyer for Baldoni’s side of the aisle, strongly denies the allegations. “It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such dangerous and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives,” he said. Vanity gallery last month. “These allegations are completely false, outrageous and intentionally offensive with the intent to publicly hurt and reshape the narrative in the media.”
So far, curve balls have been thrown in between And it ends with us Parties since December threaten to rival anything Sharzer might come up with in her script – and according to the ever-circulating false rumors Through social media (It was emailed and emailed to reporters, I will personally note) that the fracas prompted Amazon to drop the film entirely.
It’s a nonsensical claim if you think about it for even a second. Interest in Lively remains high for many He sets out to defend her In recent weeks or reconsidering why its reputation has taken such a hit recently. Why a distributor would take a movie starring a controversial actor and shelve it seems like a bad business decision, to say the least.
