The title, which reteams Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively and will have its world-premiere screening March 7, reps a return for Amazon MGM Studios to SXSW opening-night festivities; last year, the studio brought the Doug Liman-directed Road House.

Another Simple Favor, the sequel to 2018 thriller A Simple Favor, is set to open the 2025 SXSW film and TV festival. The announcement ends speculation about when the film would pop up amid star Blake Lively's ongoing legal battle with It Ends with Us director Justin Baldoni.

The sequel to “A Simple Favor,” the 2018 comedic thriller directed by Paul Feig and starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, has gotten an official title and been set as SXSW’s opening night premiere.