Chances are pretty good you've heard of Fifty Shades of Grey by now, and maybe you've even read a quick passage at a bookstore or an airport.
The kinky erotic novels about a young female journalist and her S&M relationship with a billionaire began as Twilight fan fiction and have nearly reached Twilight levels of fervor among female readers, so Universal is teaming with Focus Features to bring the steamy action to the big screen.
Now, THR reports that American Psycho writer Bret Easton Ellis is interested in writing the screenplay, and his team is actually meeting with the studio this week to discuss the possibility.
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Cannes: Fox International Takes ‘Metro Manila’ Remake Rights (3 days ago, May 15, 2013) - Sean Ellis’s Philippines-set Metro Manila is set for the remake treatment from Fox International, following the film’s Audience Award win at Sundance 2013. Written by Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated English filmmaker Ellis (Cashback) and Frankie E. Flowers and produced by Ellis and Mathilde Charpentier, the thriller follows a poor farmer seeking a brighter... read more