Another Simple Favor to Open the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival
Today, South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals announced this year’s Opening Night Film Premiere will be the Amazon MGM Studios feature, Another Simple Favor. The first poster and a new photo were also unveiled.
The highly anticipated follow-up to director Paul Feig’s A Simple Favor, which launches globally on Prime Video on May 1, will make its world premiere at the festival on March 7 at the Paramount Theatre.

“Paul Feig has once again delivered the perfect blend of mystery, wit, and unexpected twists in the highly anticipated Another Simple Favor. The cast, led by the extraordinarily talented Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, brings life to a script that propels the sequel to new heights,” said Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon MGM Studios.
“We are beyond grateful for our collaborations with Paul, Blake, Anna, and the entire cast and filmmaking team. We could not be more excited to share the next chapter of this saga with the always enthusiastic SXSW audience and ultimately with our Prime Video customers around the world.”

“I couldn’t be more thrilled to be back at my favorite festival in the world where we successfully launched Bridesmaids and Spy, and I cannot begin to say how honored I am to have our film opening it all. I’ve avoided making sequels to any of my films but these characters were just too much fun not to revisit,” said director and producer Paul Feig.
“So, to be able to have Anna, Blake, Henry, Andrew, Michele, Elizabeth, Alex and myself watch our film with the great SXSW audience is a bucket list event I’ll be able to check off March 7th and move playing drums for Dwight Yoakum’s band up to the top slot.”

In Another Simple Favor, Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) and Emily Nelson (Blake Lively) reunite on the beautiful island of Capri, Italy, for Emily’s extravagant wedding to a rich Italian businessman.
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.

The cast also includes Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Elizabeth Perkins, Michele Morrone and Alex Newell, with Henry Golding and Allison Janney.
Jessica Sharzer and Laeta Kalogridis wrote the sequel, which is based on characters created by Darcey Bell. Paul Feig and Laura Fischer are the producers, and the executive producers include Jennifer Booth, Jessica Sharzer and Marco Valerio Pugini.

