Today on Happy 2nd Fused, Paul Paul Fig trades in comedy for a sexy new thriller with a simple favor. Hey guys, welcome back to the show.

Welcome to another edition of Happy Second Fused.

I'm Josh, you're you. Paul Feig is Paul Feig. He's also the

director of the new film A Simple Favor, which might seem like a change of pace in some ways for Paul Fig.

This is not bridesmaids.

This is not the heat.

This is not ghostbusters.

This is kind of more of Paul Fig does does Gone Girl. This is a sexy twisty thriller starring two of our favorites,

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, and it is, it'll keep you guessing. It's based based on a book I did not read the book I knew nothing about it going in and I was thoroughly entertained it does still have a bit of I think the trailer like fills it as like from the dark side of Paul Fig or the twisted

mind of Paul Fig or something like that, and I think that applies. It's not like he's left

his comedic roots entirely behind.

There is certainly a dose of, I think, dark comedy

in this film, but it's kind of mostly just like a great thriller.

So I highly recommend it.

It is out next September 14th, Friday, September 14th in this busy fall season that is upon us.

So many good movies coming guys, I'm so excited. So this is the beginning of the season and this is a good one to start off with and so

thrilled to have Paul Figg on the show for the first time actually, first time guest on Happy

Second Fused. He of course came dressed in his usual dapper attire, his gorgeous suit.

I felt like a heathen as I normally do, but even more so around the likes of Paul Feig.

And we had a great chat about the new film, about his career, about the fact that, I mean, there's

a lot of interesting things about Paul Feig when you dig into the career, even prior to Freaks

and Geeks, which I think is where he came to prominence,

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