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Stuart Ford’s IM Global has started production on Marlon Wayans’ spoof 50 Shades Of Black. The film is financed by IM Global's Octane division. Wayans, who stars as mysterious entrepreneur Christian Black, is a producer and writer on the project, alongside regular partner Rick Alvarez. Mike Tiddes is directing, and…

EXCLUSIVE: Jason O’Mara (Sons Of Liberty) has been cast alongside Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades Of Grey) in Richie Smyth’s Jadotville. O’Mara will play Company Sgt. Jack “Sarge” Prendergast, Dornan’s right-hand man. The film is based on the 1961 siege of an Irish UN battalion by 3,000 Congolese troops led by French and…

Netflix said Monday it had acquired war thriller Jadotville starring Fifty Shades Of Grey‘s Jamie Dornan to premiere across all its territories in 2016. Dornan co-stars opposite Guillaume Canet (Blood Ties). The film is based on the 1961 siege of an Irish UN battalion by 3,000 Congolese troops, led by French and…

Vanessa Bayer of Saturday Night Live kept busy while the show was off this week, as this very funny satire of the already-notorious elevator scene in 50 Shades of Grey arrived courtesy of Audi and the film itself on YouTube and beyond. The short has already gone viral online. Next week, Bayer and 50 Shades will both…

The latest spot from 50 Shades of Grey, in what seemed like the 400th Universal Pictures-related trailer of the Super Bowl, debuted late in the game. In it, Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson star in the film adaptation of the hit book series. Sam Taylor-Johnson directs. The movie premieres on Valentine’s Day weekend…

Auditions for 50 Shades Of Grey by Seth Rogen, Emma Stone, Christoph Waltz, Scarlett Johannsen. You get the picture…

Here’s a way for breathless fans to pass some time as they wait for the movie. In what author EL James calls a “natural extension” of her trilogy, now you can uncork a bottle of wine inspired by the books. Yes, enjoy a refreshing glass of 50 Shades Of Grey Red Satin or White Silk as you re-read those dog-eared tomes…

EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Marcel, who got the job of adapting 50 Shades Of Grey off of the character work in her script Saving Mr. Banks, also is showing versatility. She is going from adapting that EL James best-seller’s steamy S&M love story to a whole different kettle of fish. Marcel is making a deal to rewrite The Little Me…

BREAKING: Since forming 11 years ago, Focus Features has been a relative bastion of stability. That will remain so as CEO James Schamus has re-upped for a new term, and Andrew Karpen, president since 2006, has been promoted to co-CEO. Schamus will remain a creative catalyst for the company, while Karpen  oversees the…

One of the main reasons Variety is currently for sale is that it’s no longer read by the Hollywood community. And one of the main reasons for that is because it’s no longer trusted by the Hollywood community. That’s what happens when a trade can’t report accurately by printing rumor as fact or spinning bullshit as…

Ever since Deadline broke the story that Universal Pictures and Focus Features won screen rights to the E.L. James novel Fifty Shades Of Grey for in the neighborhood of $4 million against 5% of first dollar gross, the line of suitors who didn’t get it are treating it like the Lord Voldemort of auction titles — it’s…

EXCLUSIVE: The auction is underway for author E.L. James’ steam potboiler 50 Shades of Grey. I’m told that offer sheets went out this morning. They include a strong list of approvals that studios usually don’t like to grant, but it hasn’t dampened the enthusiasm to land a title that spread like wildfire as an e-book…