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Monday, October 08, 2012

"Fifty Shades" Writer Announced

Kelly Marcel has won the job of writing the upcoming film adaptation of the erotic E L James book "Fifty Shades of Grey"--beatimg ou Karen Croner, Dan Fogelman, and Veena Sud says LA Times.


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.

Marcel 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".

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

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