Nowhere Boy director is surprise choice for big-screen adaption of erotic novel

Sam Taylor-Johnson to steam up screen with Fifty Shades of Grey From www.theweek.co.uk –

British artist-turned-movie director Sam Taylor-Johnson is to direct the film adaption of erotic bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey. EL James, the author of the racy trilogy of books, made the announcement on Twitter on Wednesday night. James wrote: “I’m delighted & thrilled to let you guys know that Sam Taylor-Johnson has agreed to direct the film of Fifty Shades of Grey.”

Taylor-Johnson, 46, is a Turner Prize nominated artist who made a successful transition to film in 2009 with Nowhere Boy, a biopic about the early life of John Lennon.

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