FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Finds Its Director, Felicity Jones May Star
I could care less about this Fifty Shades of Grey movie, but it has taken Hollywood by storm, and it's sure to be a huge hit. Twilight "mommy-porn" fan-fiction really isn't my thing, but there's a huge fanbase out there for it, so of course Hollywood has to capitalize on it.
Universal Pictures and Focus Features are pushing the project into production, and they've hired Sam Taylor-Johnson to direct it. Prior to this, she directed the 2009 film Nowhere Boy, which was about the early life of John Lennon, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson who is now her husband in real life. I thought Nowhere Boy was a great movie, she's a talented director, and a project like this could launch her career to a new level.
The script for the film was written by Brit Kelly, and it's based on E.L. James’ book that follows the relationship between a 27-year-old billionaire named Christian Grey and a college student named Anastasia Steele. Producer Michael De Luca had this to say in a statement,
Sam’s unique ability to gracefully showcase complex relationships dealing with love, emotion and sexual chemistry make her the ideal director to bring Christian and Anastasia’s relationship to life.
Jeff Snyder of The Wrap offered up some additional info saying:
FELICITY JONES in mix for ANASTASIA! Aaron Taylor-Johnson won't pursue role of CHRISTIAN! Aronofsky passed a month ago.
I'm sure a lot of our female readers will be excited to see this movie, but are any of our male readers looking forward to seeing this story adapted for the big screen? Or just excited about the prospect of seeing Felicity Jones naked? Here's the official description of the book:
When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.
Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.
This book is intended for mature audiences.