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" Joe Wright will not direct Fifty Shades of Grey. It was rumoured last week that the Atonement and Hanna director was in the running to direct Focus Features&amp;#039; adaptation of EL James&amp;#039;s bestselling erotic novel.   However, Deadline now confirms that Wright&amp;#039;s schedule means that he is &amp;quot;completely out of the mix&amp;quot;. Bennett Miller (Moneyball) and Patty Jenkins (Monster) have also been named as contenders, while Gus Van Sant recently filmed a test scene with Alex Pettyfer in a bid for the directing job.  Fifty Shades of Grey will be produced by Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti (The Social Network) for Universal and Focus. Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr Banks) has been hired to write the screenplay. Gallery - Fifty Shades of Grey casting rumours:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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