Universal Pictures and Focus Features announced today that Terra Nova co-creator Kelly Marcel will write the screenplay for Fifty Shades of Grey, based on the bestselling novel from E. L. James.
"We were all taken with the depth and passion of Kelly's engagement with the characters and world E. L. James has created and we knew she was the right person to augment our Fifty Shades family," said Dana Brunetti, who is producing the film alongside Michael De Luca.
Uni and Focus acquired the film rights to the Fifty Shades Trilogy last March. The series tracks the deepening relationship of 27-year-old billionaire Christian Grey and college student Anastasia Steele. It originated as a fan-fiction series based on Twilight.
In addition to Fifty Shades, Marcel has also penned the script for Saving Mr. Banks, the upcoming Walt Disney/Mary Poppins film starring Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson and Colin Farrell.
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