Blake Lively snubbed by Hollywood director amid Justin Baldoni controversy

Blake Lively was left out of a director's promotional post about a new movie she's starring in amid her controversy with Justin Baldoni. The Gossip Girl actress has been embroiled in a legal battle with It Ends With Us co-star Justin since she initiated the first lawsuit over Justin's alleged conduct. She accused her co-star of sexual harassment and alleges a targeted PR campaign aimed at tarnishing her reputation post-film collaboration.

Justin soon countersued Blake and her husband Ryan Reynolds for a whopping $400 million, alleging an attempt to "destroy" his good name and career. It has also been claimed the A-list couple's lawyers have filed a notice to state that they will seek to dismiss Justin's lawsuit. This is in line with Judge Lewis Linman's court order, which outlined how the case will go ahead. Amid the legal row, director Paul Feig took to his Instagram to share a promotional poster of his new movie, Another Simple Favour, which stars Blake and Anna Kendrick. The upcoming movie, set to be released on Prime Video, is the sequel to A Simple Favour - which came out in 2018.

The promotional poster features Blake and Anna, but Paul only tagged Anna and the other stars of the movie - including Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Michelle Morrone, Allison Janne and Elizabeth Perkins. He also tagged Amazon's official pages but omitted Blake from his post. "I have a simple favor to ask you… can you save the date? #AnotherSimpleFavor from @AmazonMGMStudios is premiering as the opening night film at @SXSW in Austin on March 7th. And then we hit @PrimeVideo on May 1st. Stay tuned for more details and much more fun!" he captioned the post.

In Amazon Prime's post of the same poster, where Blake was tagged, one user asked: "Is it Paul's cut or Blake's cut?" referring to the claims Blake tried to make changes to the It Ends With Us script. Paul swiftly responded to the comment: "It’s my cut. There is no other cut. Blake has been nothing but supportive and a dream to work with. She is the best and an amazing collaborator and I’m her biggest fan. Just wanted to clear that up.".

Blake stars alongside Anna for the sequel of A Simple Favour as they reprise their respective roles of Emily Nelson and Stephanie Smothers. The sequel is said to be following 'Stephanie and Emily as they head to Capri, Italy, for Emily's lavish wedding to a rich Italian businessman.'. Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Threads. Celeb obsessed? Get a daily dose of showbiz gossip direct to your inbox.