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It Ends With Us has quickly become the most memorable movie of Blake Lively's career after rumors of drama between her and costar & director Justin Baldonimorphed into a full-on legal battle. And after the feud was uncovered, the internet has spiraled over what Blake Lively's relationships with her other costars are like — and whether what's happening behind the scenes of her movies are going to delay them. Well, A Simple Favor 2 director Paul Feig had the perfect response to rumors that another feud between Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick caused Amazon to shelve the movie. And now? Anna Kendrick's finally weighing in on the matter.
Here's exactly what's going on with all these A Simple Favor 2 Blake Lively & Anna Kendrick rumors.
Paul Feig offers a very promising update on 'A Simple Favor 2'
When a viral tweet claimed that Amazon had indefinitely delayed A Simple Favor 2 — AKA Another Simple Favor — because of a feud between Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, director Paul Feig stepped in to clear up the rumors.
"Despite glowing test screenings, Blake Lively’s refusal to promote—amid her messy legal battle with Justin Baldoni—and growing tensions with Anna Kendrick have derailed the sequel," X user Eric B tweeted on January 10. "Anna is furious. Paul Feig is disappointed. Hollywood is in shock. This isn’t just a movie—it’s an implosion."
"This is total BS. Sorry," Feig said in his retweet that same day. "The movie is finished and coming out soon. Don’t believe anything you read on social media these days."
Anna Kendrick weighed in on the rumors, too.
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A few sources spoke to PEOPLE about the Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick rumors. One explained that Anna is just "not used to being caught up in any drama." Furthermore, they said, "The comments on Instagram have upset her, especially the ones saying fans are now refusing to watch the movie because they don’t want to support Blake."
Meanwhile, another source confirmed that there "really is no drama or rift," doubling down on the fact that the girls are, in fact, not fighting.
If that wasn't enough, PEOPLE even spoke to a third source. They added, "There is no feud. The film is in the early stages of planning what press will look like, and Blake and Anna will be doing some things together."
So, while Anna hasn't directly addressed these swirling rumors, at least three other people close to the project have.
Plus, Anna Kendrick already said reuniting with Blake Lively was "lovely."
Anna Kendrick already spilled on reuniting with Blake Lively, claiming that working together felt "a little bit like riding a bike."
"She lives on the East Coast, I live on the West Coast, so we don't get to see each other often," she told PEOPLE. "But it was lovely, and I think that those characters have such weird chemistry that it's so fun to just get the gang back together."
We don't know many details about the plot just yet but we do know it involves a destination wedding — and Blake Lively's Emily in a very fancy wedding dress. Stephanie and Emily "head to the beautiful island of Capri, Italy, for Emily’s extravagant wedding to a rich Italian businessman," according to the movie's synopsis (via People). "Along with the glamorous guests, expect murder and betrayal to RSVP for a wedding with more twists and turns than the road from the Marina Grande to the Capri town square."
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