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.
Author James has final say on who will be cast in the the film, which won't be decided until well after the script is completed Folks Ian Somerhalder, Matt Bomer, and Henry Cavill have also been linked to play Christian.
Odom is best known for a small role in "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2," and recently garnered attention for his performance in an L.A. stage production of "A Bright New Boise".
Kelly Marcel is writing the adapted screenplay. She previously worked on "Terra Nova" and penned the upcoming "Saving Mr. Banks"
"Moneyball" and "The Social Network" producers Mike De Luca and Dana Brunetti won a bidding war to produce the film version of "Shades".
Searches are stll underway to find the right person to star in and direct.
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