Having pulled in a combined $1.325 billion at the box office with its Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy of films, Universal Pictures has now snapped up the rights to author E.L. James’ latest novel The Mister. As revealed by Variety, Universal won a heated bidding war to pick up the option on the 2019 book, […]
Sam Taylor-Johnson discusses on set conflicts with E.L. James on Fifty Shades of Grey
It may have been a huge hit at the box office, but director Sam Taylor-Johnson has revealed to The Sunday Times that she regrets taking on Fifty Shades of Grey, mainly due to her on-set conflicts with author E.L. James. “With the benefit of hindsight would I go through it again? Of course I wouldn’t. […]
E.L. James wants to write the scripts for Fifty Shades of Grey sequels
After several bust-ups on set over the direction of the movie, it is currently rumoured that Sam Taylor-Johnson will not be returning to direct the sequels for Fifty Shades of Grey. Not only that, but it looks like script writer Kelly Marcel won’t be returning either. According to Variety, the book series author E.L. James […]
Fifty Shades of Grey director had on-set bust ups with book’s author E.L. James
Having just been announced to have received an 18-rating here in the UK, Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson has been talking about some of the on-set issues she had with the book’s author E.L. James. “It was difficult I’m not going to lie” she told Porter Magazine. “We definitely fought but they were […]
