On June 20th, 2011, a book rocked the nation with its shocking bedroom scenes. Shortly after, the mentioned book, 50 Shades of Grey was rumored to have a movie in the making and just this past week a director was announced.
Earlier today (June 19th), author E.L. James announced via Twitter that Sam Taylor-Johnson would be directing the movie adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey. Taylor-Johnson is most well known for her film Nowhere Boy about John Lennon’s childhood, released in 2009 according to her Internet Movie Database webpage. While no actors have been casted yet, there are rumors of Alex Pettyfer (Beastly) playing the lead male role of Christian Grey.
The self-published novel was both appraised and critiqued for it’s descriptive sex scenes, most of which contain heavy BDSM practices. It follows the love and lust story of soon-to-be college graduate Anastasia Steele and successful Christian Grey. The novel is part of a trilogy, the other two books titled Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed.