
Romantic pic historically do well on Valentine's Day weekend, but the question remains whether the book will stay high in people's consciousness several years after its publication that concern was one of the reasons the film was fast-tracked for 2014. The explicit scenes and intense relationship, of course, became a phenomenon after the book came out last year. The movie also recently dealt with a change in casting after Jamie Dornan replaced departed male lead Charlie Hunnam.ĭirected by Sam Taylor-Johnson, "Fifty Shades of Grey" focuses on the intense sexual relationship between ingénue Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) and Christian Grey (Dornan), a billionaire playboy.


And if the quotes from the first book weren't enough to get you all hot and bothered, it sounds like Darker will be way more intense-I mean, we do already know what goes down.PHOTOS: Behind the scenes of movies and TV "In Grey we got the first glimpse of what makes Christian tick, but in Darker we go deeper, into his most painful memories and the encounters that made him the damaged, demanding man Ana falls in love with," James said in a statement to E! News. She previously released Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian, the counterpart to the first book in the series, in 2015 and gave a preview of the Darker sequel last year on Facebook in honor of Ana's birthday.īoth of these latest novels tell the same story as the original trilogy (the one Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan portray on the big screen) from Christian Grey's perspective. Yes, James announced she has finished writing Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian, and the new installment will be up for sale on November 28. According to the author of the book series turned worldwide phenomenon, the second sequel from the male lead's perspective is finally finished and ready to hit bookstores very, very soon. James is happy to provide a little Christian Grey news to tide them over. While fans wait for the third Fifty Shades of Grey film, Fifty Shades Freed, to finally hit theaters in February, E.L.
