A Simple Favor
The trailer forA Simple Favordives deep into the secret hem in Emily ( Blake Lively ) , the femme fatale in Paul Feig ’s upcoming thriller . Lionsgate ’s preview marketing for the film has focus intemperately on the enigmatic nature of Lively ’s character and that style preserve here . This preview further starts to cast guilty conscience on the people in her life in sexual relation to her sudden disappearance , include her newfound admirer Stephanie and her well - to - do ( and bounteous ) hubby Sean .
Anna Kendrick costars inA Simple Favoras Stephanie , a mommy blogger , while Sean is played by Henry Golding ( costar of next month’sCrazy Rich Asians ) . The celluloid is based on the novel by Darcey Bell and was adjust for the cover by formerAmerican Horror Storywriter / producer Jessica Sharzer . A Simple Favorfurther pit Feig ’s first time calling the shots on a film that he is n’t credited for authorship since 2013 ’s buddy copper military action / comedy , The Heat .
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Wherethe tormenter trailers forA Simple Favorare more atmospheric and trip the light fantastic toe around the film ’s actual plot , the official trailer cuts right to the nitty-gritty of the story . Lionsgate has further released a raw poster for the movie , which you may check out out in the space below .
A Simple Favoris certainly a far yell from Feig ’s comedies likeBridesmaids , Spy , andGhostbusters , as the poke have been dandy to point out . Indeed , the film continues to beg comparison to Alfred Hitchcock ’s collective work and recent well - selling books turn movies likeGone GirlandThe Girl on the Train , far more than any of Feig ’s collaborations with Melissa McCarthy and/or Kristen Wiig . At the same time , A Simple Favorresembles the director ’s previous films , in the mode it examines the platonic relationship between two woman . Here , of course , that friendship is explored in the context of a much darker music genre .
All things considered , A Simple Favormarks an intriguing turning period in Feig ’s ongoing development , as a filmmaker . His comedies have always been subversive in the means they approach their sub - genre ( undercover agent thriller , extrasensory horror ) with respectfulness to gender , and it stands to reason thatA Simple Favorwill follow suit in that sense . Feig likely wo n’t be able to beat someone like David Fincher at his own mystery / thriller secret plan , but he ’s making an admirable go at it , all the same .
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