Paul Feig may never escape the fan fury over last year’s Ghostbusters reboot, but up next he’s departing the comedy world entirely for a thriller titled A Simple Favor. The film will be an adaptation of Darcy Bell’s same-named novel, released earlier this year.
The Tracking Board reports that both Blake Lively (The Shallows) and Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect) are in talks to star in the adaptation, which could begin production as early as this coming August. The site notes that Lionsgate is finalizing a deal to nab the rights to the book from Fox 2000, who acquired it last year.
In A Simple Favor, in the vein of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, “a single mother’s life is turned upside down when her best friend vanishes.”
Jessica Sharzer (“American Horror Story”) adapted the novel. Feig and Jessie Henderson will produce the film under their Feigco Entertainment banner.
