'Fifty Shades Darker' Production Update: Producer Dana Brunetti Doesn't Know What To Do With The Sequel
The sequel to E.L. James’ “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie adaptation may not be happening anytime soon. “Fifty Shades Darker” may have been greenlighted by Universal Pictures but no definite plans have come up yet, according to producer Dana Brunetti, who admitted to not knowing what to do with the sequel.
Dana Brunetti told The Hollywood Reporter that there’s no production progress to talk about regarding “Fifty Shades Darker.” Instead, the producer shared some bad news to fans of the Anastacia Steele-and-Christian Grey love story when he admitted, “We literally have no idea what we’re going to do.”
“I have not even met with the studio or anybody yet about the second film. We always said, ‘Let’s get this first one out and released and then we’ll regroup and figure out what we’re going to do on the next,’” he added.
Brunetti admitted that meeting hasn’t happened yet since he still has to meet with author E.L. James who reportedly still hasn’t come back to the States after going back to her hometown in London. Brunetti said that he has yet to visit the studio as well. The producer revealed that what they’ve been doing so far is exchange emails back and forth. He said they may start talking about production specifics for “Fifty Shades Darker” when everyone can finally get together in a meeting.
Variety also cited a Universal Pictures representative who confirmed that the studio has yet to discuss production steps for “Fifty Shades Darker” with E.L. James in a meeting. However, like Dana Brunetti the rep said this meeting hasn’t happened yet.
The cinematic future of “Fifty Shades Darker” is said to up in the air considering E.L. James’ interest in wanting creative control over the script. Executives at Universal Pictures is said to still be mulling over the idea of James taking over the script details. Then there’s also the conflict of ideas between E.L. James and movie director Sam Taylor-Johnson, who admitted she and the author had numerous disagreements over the details in the first movie. With E.L. James behind the sequel’s script, it could reportedly take until the first few months of 2016 for “Fifty Shades Darker” to start with principal production, with the film possibly coming out in theatres in 2017.
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