6 days Ago By Kathleen O'Boyle
Amazon MGM Studios is quietly limiting public reaction to Another Simple Favor, Blake Lively’ s upcoming film, as legal tensions and online backlash continue to grow. When the trailer was released Monday on Prime Video ’s official YouTube channel, users were met with a blunt notice, “comments are turned off.” The move follows a similar choice made in February when the first teaser dropped.
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The timing couldn’t be worse for the sequel, which continues the story of Emily (Lively) and Stephanie ( Anna Kendrick ) as they head to Italy for a lavish wedding. Lively remains embroiled in a public legal battle with It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni , who has accused Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and publicist Leslie Sloane of defamation and extortion in a $400 million lawsuit. DON'T MISS: Blake Lively’s brother-in-law sends apology to Justin Baldoni for 'unkind' word [COMMENT] Taylor Swift 'taking a step back' from Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni drama [INSIGHT] Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's lawsuits set for trial date after legal drama [NEWS] Lively has filed her own case, alleging sexual harassment and a smear campaign.
Both sides deny the other’s claims. Baldoni’s team released private messages and court filings accusing Lively’s camp of overriding his input on the earlier film and trying to push him out of the creative process. One social media user asked on Amazon’s February post: “Is it Paul Feig’s cut or Blake’s cut?” Director Paul Feig responded directly, saying: “It’s my cut.
There is no other cut...
just wanted to clear that up.” He added: “Blake has been nothing but supportive and a dream to work with. She is the best and an amazing collaborator and I’m her biggest fan.
” Feig’s praise sparked more backlash. “Paul, I know you’re gonna wanna shake off these comments as coming from a bunch of loons, but Blake and Ryan really did use their star power to bulldoze Justin,” one commenter wrote. Another added: “You’ve been in the directing game for so long, so of course Blake isn’t going to attempt to step on your toes.
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