Last year , writer Kelly Marcel was selected to write the screenplay adaption of the book by British author Erika Leonard , who wrote the novel under the pen name E L James . Director Sam Taylor-Johnson gained fame in 2009 for 'Nowhere Boy ' about John Lennon . The film was a critical and commercial success but the director has since said he regrets making it because of its'sensationalism'.
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson gained fame in 2009 for 'Nowhere Boy ' about John Lennon . The film was a critical and commercial success but the director has since said he regrets making it because of its'sensationalism'.