The opening evening film on the South by Southwest Movie & TV Pageant would be the world premiere of Paul Feig’s “Another Simple Favor,” starring Blake Vigorous and Anna Kendrick. The pageant runs from March 7-14 in Austin, Texas.
Though Vigorous has most lately been the topic of intense scrutiny for for her difficult authorized entanglement with Justin Baldoni, the co-star and director of final yr’s hit “It Ends With Us,” this undertaking returns her to considered one of her signature roles.
“Another Simple Favor” is the sequel to the 2018 comedic thriller “A Simple Favor,” by which Kendrick stars as Stephanie Smothers, a single mom who strikes up a friendship with Emily Nelson (Vigorous), a glamorous girl with a mysterious previous. Within the new movie, the duo head to the isle of Capri, the place Vigorous’s character is about to marry a rich Italian businessman.
Feig beforehand premiered his movies “Bridesmaids” and “Spy” at SXSW and in a press release stated, “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be back at my favorite festival in the world. … I cannot begin to say how honored I am to have our film opening it all. I’ve avoided making sequels to any of my films but these characters were just too much fun not to revisit.”
Blake Vigorous within the 2018 film “A Simple Favor.”
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Primarily based on characters created by Darcey Bell, the brand new movie’s screenplay was written by Jessica Sharzer (who wrote the unique) and Laeta Kalogridis. The film is produced by Feig and Laura Fischer. Co-stars embody Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Elizabeth Perkins, Michele Morrone, Alex Newell, Henry Golding and Allison Janney.
A spokeperson for the pageant couldn’t verify whether or not Vigorous was scheduled to be in attendance on the occasion, however a part of Feig’s assertion learn, “To be able to have Anna, Blake, Henry, Andrew, Michele, Elizabeth, Alex and myself watch our film with the great SXSW audience is a bucket list event that I’ll be able to check off March 7th.”
As beforehand introduced, the pageant’s opening evening TV choice would be the world premiere of “The Studio,” a brand new sequence from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Different movies already introduced for the pageant embody “The Accountant 2,” starring Ben Affleck; “The Death of a Unicorn,” starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega; and “Holland,” starring Nicole Kidman.