Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's legal teams agreed mediation would be premature at this stage and that 'the mediation and the discovery protocols are inappropriate for this case.'

The 'It Ends With Us' duo seem hell-bent on controlling the narrative, while the press and public feeding off Hollywood's best feud are the real winners.

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively have attacked each other in court—and in the press—since filing competing lawsuits over treatment on the set of "It Ends With Us."