Bret Easton Ellis is the kind of off-his-rocker writer we admire around here. The writer of 'American Psycho' and the upcoming film 'The Canyons' has some ideas about a 'Fifty Shades of Grey' adaptation.
Angelina Jolie and the '50 Shades of Grey' movie? It's currently the hot rumor...
Jolie started her career as a sexy ingenue. From marrying Billy Bob Thorton to supposedly wearing a vial of blood around her neck, Jolie - in movies and photo spreads - seemed like the walking embodiment of a memorably crazy one night stand. For the last decade she's worked on becoming respectable, but we may see her dark, sexy side again if the rumors are true and she's up to direct 'Fifty Shades of Grey.'
A novel being optioned by a film studio is the kind of news that breaks so often that it's almost stopped being news at this point. But a self-published science fiction series that became an internet sensation after finding a fanbase through Amazon's Kindle store being optioned by Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and screenwriter extraordinaire Steve Zaillian? That's some news right there.
Universal and Focus Features have won rights to adapt E.L. James' 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' the first novel in her erotic trilogy. Described by some as "mommy porn," the series is targeted at women aged 25-65.
