A Simple Favor Teaser Trailer #2: Blake Lively Has a Secret

A Simple Favor

secret are the name of the secret plan in the 2nd teaser house trailer for Paul Feig ’s mystery / thriller , A Simple Favor . Feig is best known these days for making comedies anchor by women - withBridesmaids , Spy , andGhostbustersbeing among his well bang effort - and the new teaser forA Simple Favoracknowledges as much , via a championship bill of fare that say the film is"From the dark side of Paul Feig " . However , much like his recent comedy offer , A Simple Favoris anchored by female A - listers in the forms of Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick , and features several women in supporting role ; Linda Cardellini ( Avengers : Age of Ultron ) , Jean Smart ( Legion ) , and Sarah Baker ( Big Little Lies ) among them .

Based on the novel by Darcey Bell and write for the CRT screen by Jessica Sharzer ( American Horror Story),A Simple Favortakes lieu in little - Ithiel Town Connecticut and revolves around mommy vlogger Stephanie Ward ( Kendrick ) and her best friend , Emily Nelson ( Lively ) . When Emily goes overlook one daytime , it falls to Stephanie and Emily ’s husband Sean ( Henry Golding ) to link up forces and figure out what find to her . Things are n’t exactly what they seem though , and before long it starts to become clear that the truth about Emily ’s disappearance is far more sinister and shocking than anyone on the exterior looking in could have predict .

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Whereas thefirst annoyer forA Simple Favorfocuses on Stephanie as she begins to inquire if Emily was n’t the calmly suave and advanced person she call up , the 2nd teaser focuses more on the aftermath of Emily ’s disappearance and flat - out asks what happened to her . The trailer put up some hints ( including , footage of a terrible car crash and Emily convulse in water somewhere ) , but otherwise avoids bumble too much for those who have n’t already register Bell ’s original book . you’re able to take a look at the new poke forA Simple Favorin the space above .

In addition to late mystery / thriller novel - turn moviesGone GirlandThe Girl on the Train , the trailer forA Simple Favorbegs comparison to the corporate full treatment of Alfred Hitchcock and the many motion picture inspired by the Master of Suspense ’s oeuvre . At the same time , A Simple Favordiffers from Hitchock ’s film in some key regard , starting with the fact that it ’s a story about two women at its substance . The pic ’s 2d teaser trailer further suggests that Feig ’s adaptation will deconstruct and re - examine the " icy blond " femme fatale figure of speech that was prevalent in Hitchock ’s work from a different linear perspective than , say , Hitchcock did inVertigo .

So far , A Simple Favorappears to proffer a tonic change of stride from Feig ’s comedies ( as much playfulness as they are ) and it certainly expect like his most visually effected film yet , based on the preview footage . That ’s not to sayA Simple Favorseems to be on the samelevel of craftsmanship as David Fincher ’s workinGone Girlespecially , but it ’s good to see Feig improving and developing as a director all the same . Of course , drollery and thriller are both challenging yet very different beasts to manage , so here ’s to hope Feig sting the landing as he transitions from one literary genre to another .