The Tracking Board is reporting that Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates) and Blake Lively (The Shallows, Age of Adaline) are in negotiations to headline Lionsgate’s A Simple Favor for director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters, Spy).
Based on the novel by Darcey Bell that was published this past March, A Simple Favor is described as being an emotional rollercoaster in the vein of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train.
A Simple Favor is scheduled to begin shooting in August, and will require Feig to vacate the director’s chair on the Mindy Kaling comedy Late Night.
Feig will both direct and adapt the novel into a screenplay, and will also produce alongside Jessie Henderson under their Feigco Entertainment banner.