4 Writers Vie To Pen "Fifty Shades of Grey" Script

"American Psycho" author Bret Easton Ellis and actor/scribe Jim Piddock are out, but four other names are being considered to write the upcoming film adaptation of the erotic E L James book "Fifty Shades of Grey" into a workable script says The Hollywood Reporter.

Karen Croner, Dan Fogelman, Veena Sud and Kelly Marcel are the final candidates. None of whom seem like a "Safe" choice.

Croner wrote the Meryl Streep film "One True Thing", Fogelman wrote family pics "Bolt" and "Cars 2", Sud brought "The Killing" to the U.S. , and Marcel worked on "Terra Nova" and the upcoming "Saving Mr. Banks"
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What began as a posting on a fan-fiction website as a tribute to author Stephenie Meyer 's Twilight books soon became a word-of-mouth eBook hit that won a major reprint deal with Random House.

The sexually-explicit story follows 27-year-old billionaire Christian Grey and 22-year-old virgin college student Anastasia Steele, who develop a relationship steeped in bondage, S&M, domination and submission. The novel is the first in a planned trilogy. James has sold 31 million e-book and print copies in English-language markets worldwide, in the U.S. alone she has sold over 20 million copies in e-book and print.

"Moneyball" and "The Social Network" producers Mike De Luca and Dana Brunetti won a bidding war to produce the film.

Separate searches are stll underway to find the right person to star in and direct