Fifty Shades

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Created by E. L. James
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Fifty Shades is an adult erotic BDSM romance franchise created by British writer E. L. James. It originated as a fanfic for the young-adult teen romance novel series Twilight by American author Stephenie Meyer. That story was turned into a full-length novel titled Fifty Shades of Grey . It has produced a novel series with an original novel trilogy and two follow-up novels, as well as a film trilogy.

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Plot summary

Anastasia Steele, a young college graduate, meets Christian Grey, a young business mogul, and becomes his submissive partner. The series explores the development of their relationship.

Original fan fiction

The Fifty Shades novel trilogy (Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed) was originally written as a fan fiction work in the Twilight fictional universe. It was originally called Master of the Universe and written as Snowdragons Icequeen. [1] [2] [3]

Novel series

The original trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed, have been published as an omnibus edition called the "Fifty Shades Trilogy". [4]

TitleReleaseNotesRef
Original trilogy
Fifty Shades of Grey June 20, 2011 [5]
Fifty Shades Darker April 17, 2012 [6]
Fifty Shades Freed April 17, 2012 [7]
Retold
Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian June 18, 2015 [8]
Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian November 28, 2017 [9]
Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by Christian June 1, 2021

Film series

OccupationFilm
Fifty Shades of Grey
(2015)
Fifty Shades Darker
(2017)
Fifty Shades Freed
(2018)
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson James Foley
Producer(s) E. L. James
Dana Brunetti
Michael De Luca
E. L. James
Dana Brunetti
Marcus Viscidi
Michael De Luca
Writer(s) Kelly Marcel Niall Leonard
Composer Danny Elfman
Director of photography Seamus McGarvey John Schwartzman
Editor(s) Lisa Gunning
Anne V. Coates
Debra Neil-Fisher
Richard Francis-Bruce David Clark
Debra Neil-Fisher
Richard Francis-Bruce
Production Companies Michael De Luca Productions

Trigger Street Productions

Perfect World Pictures
Trigger Street Productions
Michael De Luca Productions
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Runtime (Unrated)128 minutes131 minutes110 minutes
Release dateFebruary 13, 2015February 10, 2017February 9, 2018

References

  1. ↑ "It wasn't always 50 shades". 22 things you don't know about "Fifty Shades of Grey". CBS News. p. 16.
  2. ↑ Jason Boog (21 November 2012). "The Lost History of Fifty Shades of Grey". AdWeek.
  3. ↑ E.L. James; Snowdragon's Icequeen (2009). Master of the Universe.
  4. ↑ E.L. James (2014). Fifty Shades Trilogy.
  5. ↑ E.L. James (2011). Fifty Shades of Grey .
  6. ↑ E.L. James (2012). Fifty Shades Darker .
  7. ↑ E.L. James (2012). Fifty Shades Freed . ISBN   9780345803504.
  8. ↑ E.L. James (2015). Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian . Random House. ISBN   9781784753252.
  9. ↑ E.L. James (2017). Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian.