Blake Lively suffers new PR nightmare as teaser for Another Simple Favor is released amid Justin Baldoni drama

Blake Lively was seen successful the archetypal teaser for Another Simple Favor amid her continued play with Justin Baldoni

The timing is simply a publicity nightmare for the movie, which volition nary uncertainty beryllium implicit shadowed by Blake's ongoing ineligible drama with her It Ends With Us co-star Baldoni.

Despite the saga - which has seen Lively and Baldoni lampooned connected the screen of The Hollywood Reporter - her caller movie is inactive pushing ahead, and is inactive scheduled to marque its debut astatine the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival connected March 7. 

The sequel to A Simple Favour volition statesman streaming connected Prime Video staring May 1.

Amazon MGM Studios released the trailer via YouTube on Wednesday - and tellingly - the remark sectioned appears to person been turned disconnected by the studio. 

This follows a negative instrumentality reaction to the poster from the film, which was flooded by comments poking amusive astatine the ineligible play - asking if Blake's hubby Ryan Reynolds had directed the movie himself.  

Blake stars opposite Anna Kendrick, 39, successful the movie, which is directed by Paul Feig.

The movie follows main characters Stephanie (Kendrick) and Emily (Lively) 'head to the beauteous land of Capri, Italy, for Emily's extravagant wedding to a affluent Italian businessman.

'Along with the glamorous guests, expect execution and betrayal to RSVP for a wedding with much twists and turns than the roadworthy from the Marina Grande to the Capri municipality square.'

The sequel was announced backmost successful May 2022. 

The flagship movie was based disconnected of Darcey Bell's deed 2017 novel.

Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Joshua Satine, Ian Ho and Kelly McCormack volition beryllium returning to their respective roles successful the highly awaited 2nd installment.

365 Days hunk Michele Morrone is Blake's groom successful the star-studded formed this clip around. 

Director Feig — who has publically backed Lively during her ongoing It Ends With Us ineligible conflict — precocious took to X to praise her show successful Another Simple Favor. 

'Blake and Anna present unthinkable performances. I can't hold for everyone to spot it,' helium wrote, gathering anticipation for the film.

The trailer sees Kendrick's quality shocked to spot Lively's quality was released from prison.

She is besides stunned erstwhile she asks Anna's quality if she would beryllium her maid of honor.

At 1 point, Lively's quality says to Kendrick: 'Do you deliberation I invited you to get revenge? For stealing my beingness and taking my kid distant from me? You deliberation I privation to marque you pay?'

As hostility builds passim the teaser, the web promised to service up shocking twists and turns, arsenic good arsenic jaw-dropping afloat ellipse moments. 

Another Simple Favor marks her archetypal large surface movie amid rising tensions with It Ends With Us co-star Baldoni, aft she accused him of sexual harassment and of conducting a smear campaign.

Blake is presently successful a ineligible quality with Baldoni, 40, her erstwhile manager and co-star.

She has accused him of intersexual harassment and workplace misconduct, portion Justin has denied each allegations and filed a $400m suit against Blake, her hubby Ryan Reynolds, 48, and their publicist Leslie Sloane.

This comes after Lively slammed The Hollywood Reporter arsenic 'sexist'.

The histrion deed retired astatine the work aft its caller screen representation depicted her launching a slingshot astatine Baldoni calling the representation 'outrageously insulting'.

A spokesperson for Blake told The Daily Mail: 'The Hollywood Reporter should beryllium ashamed of itself.

'The framing successful this representation is outrageously insulting arsenic it plays into each sexist trope astir women who situation record a workplace complaint, turning them into the aggressor, and suggesting they merit the retaliation that comes their way.'

The Hollywood Reporter's nonfiction explored however Justin's Baha'i religion whitethorn person 'inadvertently contributed' to the dispute.

The outlet besides referenced Blake's assertion successful her California Civil Rights Department ailment that Justin erstwhile told her helium could talk to her 'dead father' and noted this was accordant with past statements helium had made astir his faith.

The study said: 'He has besides referenced his involvement successful the afterlife successful interviews.'

It besides suggested Blake and Justin's ineligible conflict whitethorn stem from a 'cultural misunderstanding,' saying: 'What if overmuch of it — the alleged inappropriate hugging and pre-filming praying — could beryllium explained arsenic a clash betwixt a precise circumstantial faith-driven assemblage with its unsocial mores, and a overmuch much modern, post-#MeToo 1 with its ain acceptable of beliefs and commandments?'

Blake's spokesperson rejected the characterization, saying: 'The communicative is highly violative arsenic it incredibly seems to explicate distant documented examples of intersexual harassment and retaliation by calling them "cultural misunderstandings."'