• Dakota Johnson Wants Melanie Griffith to See 'Fifty Shades'

    When Dakota Johnson and Melanie Griffith walked the red carpet at the Oscars together last night, Feb. 22, it was no doubt one of the most special shared moments between the mother and daughter. Johnson has been absolutely everywhere over the last few weeks, thanks to her part in a little film called 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' and she has been praised as one of the high points of the film because of her portrayal of ingenue Anastasia Steele. Griffith has talked about how proud she is of her daughter, but also expressed no desire in seeing the BDSM film, until now.

  • 'Fifty Shades of Grey' on Track to Make $81.7M, Breaking Presidents Day Weekend Box-Office Record

    It seems that the curiosity over whether or not the film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey" would live up to the book series has amounted to box office success as E.L James's first installment of the series has had the biggest Presidents Day weekend opening in history. Thanks to Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson breathing life into the characters of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, the film has raked in almost $81.7 million since last Friday, Feb. 13.

  • Melanie Griffith Won't See Daughter Dakota Johnson in 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

    Finally, after what seems like an eternity of build-up, "Fifty Shades of Grey" is set to premiere in theaters this week. You know what that means, right? Tons of press and publicity for Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, who star as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele in the film adaptation, as if the year or so leading up to it has not had enough already. While women everywhere might be planning to high-tail it to theaters this weekend, there is one person who will not be seeing this film ever. That would be Melanie Griffith, Johnson's mother.

  • Confirmed: There Will Be Two More 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Movies!

    Fifty Shades of Grey better live up to all of the hype because just yesterday it was announced that two sequels, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed are officially getting their own film adaptations based on the book series by E.L. James. Sam Taylor-Johnson, the director of Fifty announced the news to a bunch of fans that had gathered at New York City's Ziegfeld Theater on Friday morning for a screening that included appearances by Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson.

  • New 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Trailer Uses Own Popularity to Sell Itself

    The film release of "Fifty Shades of Grey" is now less than two weeks away, so of course it bought commercial air time during last night's Super Bowl to remind viewers that Christian Grey's arrival is imminent. While there was much new visually, the new trailer has certainly taken a new approach to make people curious. Basically, "Fifty" used its own popularity to sell itself, said Yahoo.

  • Dakota Johnson Says Her 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Character is a Feminist and Jamie Dornan Was Very Protective

    We're only a few short weeks until the moment when Fifty Shades of Grey will finally make its grand debut in theaters and then we'll all definitively know whether or not the film adaptation does the book justice. Needless to say, both Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson are doing loads of interviews to promote the film. They are also both covering the March 2015 issue of Glamour and the interview that accompanies it is pretty revealing.

  • Jamie Dornan Isn't Sure What to Expect Once 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Hits Theaters

    Jamie Dornan might be on the verge of something really huge, and he is the first to admit that even he does not know what to expect once "Fifty Shades of Grey" finally premieres in theaters. The actor is covering the latest issue of "Variety" and discloses a bunch of interesting little nuggets for fans. Like the fact that he actually met with Robert Pattinson to discuss what it is like to star in what could become a huge franchise. Dornan said the two ended up getting drunk together and bonded that way.

  • Watchdog Morality in Media Criticizing 'Fifty Shades of Grey's' R Rating

    While most people seem to be questioning whether or not there is going to be enough sexual content in "Fifty Shades of Grey" to make it feel like the book has come to life onscreen, there is a watchdog group taking direct aim at the film and its R rating. Morality in Media is concerned that the MPAA giving this flick an R rating due to "unusual behavior" is not an accurate enough description to inform patrons of the actual content. It is kind of hard to imagine that there is an adult out there who has not heard of "Fifty Shades of Grey" after a few years of major discussion in the press, isn't it? Well, Morality in Media has issued a statement requesting that the MPAA change its explanation of the R rating that the film has received. "What the term 'unusual' does not account for is the coercion, sexual violence, female inequality and BDSM themes from which the entire 'Fifty Shades' plot is based. Such a vague evaluation puts viewers at risk, sending the message that humiliation is pleasurable and that torture should be sexually gratifying. We'd like to change the MPAA rating for 'Fifty Shades of Grey' to read: 'Promotes torture as sexually gratifying, graphic nudity, encourages stalking and abuse of power, promotes female inequality, glamorizes and legitimizes violence against women,'" says the watchdog group.

  • New 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Trailer Released After Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson Had No Chemistry at Golden Globes

    In about a month, "Fifty Shades of Grey" is finally going to premiere in theaters nationwide and then, after years of speculation, we will finally all know whether or not this movie actually works. There has been so much chatter about every aspect of it — from the casting to whether or not it can possibly live up to the book with an R rating — that the bar has been set extremely high. Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele will really have their work cut out for them. Both actors were on hand to present an award at the Golden Globes last night, Jan. 11. It was a chance to put Dornan and Johnson together in the same place at the same time, to build up a bit of anticipation for the film. If there time together onstage was any indication of how they relate to one another, "Fifty Shades of Grey" might be the most awkward thing to hit theaters this year. Of course, nerves may have been a factor in their presentation, but after hearing that chemistry had been an issue during filming, well, last night it kind of felt like that might be true, and without chemistry this film is going nowhere.

  • Will 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Generate Enough Heat with R Rating?

    It seems like we have been waiting forever for the film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey" to be released, and now that it is almost here, it has finally been given an official rating by the MPAA. Although it seemed like it was heading for an NC-17 branding, it has just been announced that "Fifty Shades of Grey" will hit theaters Feb. 13 with an R rating. The film, based on E.L. James's risqué BDSM trilogy, pulled an official R rating due to "strong sexual content including dialogue, some unusual behavior and graphic nudity," which, of course, is no surprise to anyone who has read the series. But there has been concern all along about taking something so graphic and putting it on the big screen. In order to make fans of the book happy, whatever unfolds on screen is going to have to be really hot and risky. It is almost hard to imagine the film being able to mirror the book with just an R rating, don't you think? Perhaps what Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, have managed to create on screen will still hold even if it is not identical to the book. If their chemistry works well enough and if the actual movie is as cleverly crafted as the teasers for it have been, then it could work. Dornan recently talked about "Fifty Shades of Grey" being a love story at its root. Maybe they have worked to tap into an emotional connection as well as the obvious physical one that the book series is based on.

  • Jamie Dornan Says 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is a Love Story

    So many women will be running to the movie theaters on Feb. 13 to check out "Fifty Shades of Grey" primarily because of how hot the book series is. There is this immense hope that somehow the film adaptation will do the BDSM book enough justice to ensure that the rest of the trilogy also finds its' way to the big screen. The pressure is really on Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson to not only breathe life into the characters of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, but also to crank up the heat.

  • Third 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Trailer Drops — Do You Think the Chemistry Is Strong Enough?

    The powers that are working behind-the-scenes to promote Fifty Shades of Grey are really doing their best to convince us that we need to hit the theaters next Valentine's Day to catch the films' premiere. A third clip has dropped giving us another glimpse of Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson on camera together as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele. The 43 second teaser ends with Dornan uttering the infamous sentence, "Do you trust me?" inevitably drawing viewers into that moment and thinking about what comes next.

  • Will Film Adaptation of 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Have Enough Chemistry to Satisfy Fans?

    The closer we get to E.L. James' "Fifty Shades of Grey" rolling into theaters, the more fans and critics alike seem to love speculation on whether or not it will actually work. Let's face it, trying to bring a series about BDSM to life onscreen with even an NC-17 rating is going to be a really tricky task. The film has to be raunchy or else it'll feel like a watered down version of the first book and that will leave the diehard fans wishing they didn't waste their money. At the same time, producers need to be careful that it's not so raunchy that is chases moviegoers away, so the line that everyone needs to walk is very fine.
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