Requirement with ’50 Shadows’: EL James claims script of the films – EN Journal

The author of the erotic story of the moment, ‘The 50 shades of Grey’, requires write the script for the next film adaptation. EL James, who never wrote for a movie, want to be successful in a field where the authors have failed to ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Twilight’.

After the first film version of the trilogy of instant success erotic ‘The 50 shades of Grey’, EL James author will be required to be responsible for the script of the second film.

According to Variety, will not be the first time that EL James requires control argument. As for the first film, which holds the box office record in 2015 (only on the weekend of the premiere added revenues in excess of EUR 218 million), the British writer will have made a similar requirement to the extent of the director, Sam Taylor-Johnson have been almost to give up the project.

Given the negative critical reviews (unrelated to the commercial success) before the first film, the British writer will require a more active role in the adaptation of the second volume the trilogy.

The problem is that the writers with sales successes can not have the same ‘income’ when writing scripts for film. The most notable cases were the authors of the sagas Harry Potter (JK Rowling) and Twilight (Stephenie Meyer).

The requirement of EL James, who want closer dialogues from those contained in the books and more eroticism in film adaptations, will not be well received by Universal, the producer does not want to delay the production of the two films that follow ‘The 50 shades of Grey’ because of ‘whims’ involving the scripts.

Variety said that the producer and the writer are still in negotiations, since EL James will ‘bomb’ the contract with certain veto rights.

extend this impasse could lead to a delay in the production of the two remaining films in the history of romance (and sex games) between the billionaire Christian Grey, played by Jamie Dornan, and the college student Anastasia Steele, role played by Dakota Johnson.

The forecasts, according to The Guardian, is that the next film is only ready in 2017.