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    50 Shades of Grey (2014)



    Release Date August 1, 2014

    Plot

    It "traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. It is notable for its explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of sexual practices involving bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism (BDSM)."

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    The search is over: Dakota Johnson (Ben and Kate, The Social Network) will play Anastasia Steele and Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) will take over the high-profile role of Christian Grey in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades Of Grey.

    No clear candidates for the high-profile roles had emerged since Focus Features and Universal paid $5 million in March 2012 for movie rights to the best-selling trilogy — but there were lots of rumors. Earlier this year, Emma Watson’s name hit the mill for Anastasia, which prompted the Harry Potter star to tweet “who here actually thinks I would do 50 Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life.”

    Armie Hammer also had to fend off speculation earlier this year that he was going to play the handsome lead in what he described as a “mommy porn” flick. “No one actually offered me the movie, but while I was working on Lone Ranger my agent brought it up, and I said ‘Nope,’” Hammer told Playboy. “I mean, come on — it’s just mommy porn. I’m not going to sit on top of the laundry machine in spin cycle reading about putting a ball gag in someone’s mouth. That doesn’t do it for me.”

    Johnson gained some critical attention for her role in the Fox comedy Ben and Kate last season but the single-camera confection about a single mom who lives with her brother (Nat Faxon) was cancelled because of low ratings. After her small, scantily-clad part in The Social Network (she went to bed with Sean Parker, aka Justin Timberlake), she went on to appear in The Five Year Engagement and 21 Jump Street. She is the daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson.

    For the last six years, Hunnam has starred as Jax Teller in FX’s hit drama Sons of Anarchy. Earlier this year, he was the lead in the movie Pacific Rim.
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    Notes on the director

    So how did a little-known director with one little-seen movie under her belt, Sam Taylor-Johnson, score one of the highest-profile projects in Hollywood: the erotic literary sensation, “Fifty Shades of Grey”?

    TheWrap has learned behind-the-scenes details of a process that involved at least four meetings between the director and the team behind the movie project. As recently as June 4, Taylor-Johnson had no idea she would get the job over several more established filmmakers -- including Gus Van Sant.

    Some clues may lie in her personal narrative: Taylor-Johnson is probably best known not for her 2009 film about the young John Lennon, "Nowhere Boy," but about the affair with the star of the film, Aaron Johnson, who is 23 years her junior and whom she later married.

    “The trick of this movie is making it Not Porn,” said a studio executive who knows Taylor-Johnson. “She can shoot characters. She’s very sexy. She can push that envelope. She shoots magnificent portraits. Not many women can handle that material. It’s edgy stuff. What woman feels comfortable with dildos and sex toys and domination? One way is to immerse yourself in that world.”

    Taylor-Johnson has reportedly turned down several projects since “Nowhere Boy” -- said one prominent film executive: "She has passed on everything. I know of three things she's been sent. She's very picky."

    But she apparently had a clear-enough vision to convince Universal Pictures, Focus Features, producers Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti and, perhaps most importantly, author E L James, to put their faith in her for the launch of a potential franchise with the first book in the bestselling "Fifty Shades" trilogy.

    Said the studio executive: “From what I've heard, she walked in and convinced them and said, 'This is how you shoot a masturbation scene.'"

    Van Sant, a two-time Oscar nominee, shot a self-financed test reel -- starring Alex Pettyfer as kinky billionaire Christian Grey -- in a bid to direct the film. Both Taylor-Johnson and fellow WME client Van Sant attended the June 4 premiere of Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring," unaware that Universal and Focus were nearing a decision.

    Other personal connections came into play.

    Taylor-Johnson grew close to Focus chief James Schamus during the filming of Joe Wright's "Anna Karenina," which starred her husband. She has built relationships with key executives over the last several years and was already working with producer De Luca, who is developing her thriller "A Reliable Wife" at Sony.

    Like James, screenwriter Kelly Marcel and Universal co-chair Donna Langley, Taylor-Johnson is a creative woman who found that she had much in common with her new collaborators and fellow Brits.

    While some may question her lack of on-set experience, she's no stranger to being behind a camera. She's a highly-respected photographer and visual artist often lauded for her creativity.

    "Fifty Shades" executives also were familiar with Taylor-Johnson's photography and short films such as "Death Valley," which saw her dealing with both sensuality and sexuality -- key themes in the movie.

    Taylor-Johnson’s photographic work suggests that she may have a gift at making actors feel comfortable in vulnerable situations -- like the bondage scenes in “Fifty Shades.”

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    Hollywood not good at making sexy movies.

    Look at their track record.

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    The release date indicates the studio thinks this will be a strong late summer release. Given is timing so close to the book release, they will capitalize on the book recognition

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