The wait is finally over. No, they haven’t found the last golden ticket to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory (I wish). The leads have been cast for the movie adaptation of the trashy novel…um…sorry…I mean erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey. Looks like Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam are the lucky actors chosen to play that dude and that girl. (Sorry, I didn’t read the book.) This news made me wonder: Once the film is released, will it get the obligatory porn parody? Or would that just be redundant?
What everyone else said.
I hate that this book is making millions and millions of dollars. And you know the movie is going to be a huge success. I think they missed the boat. I think they should have brought back the team of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
True. Either that or go straight to the hardcore porn version.
Fifty Shades of Grey . . . I thought it was a hair produce for men?
Sorry that should read “hair product”
Yep. It’s when you want the gray hair. But you want to also be classy so it’s spelled the British way.
After reading some pages in the book, I am very much looking forward to the movie because it’s likely they will release a “novelization” of the film which has to be better than the original book and then they might even produce another movie based on the novelization which will most certainly have to be better than the original movie.
John, you took the words right out of my scrambled brain. Spooky.
If you haven’t read the book, you should check out my podcast. My best friend and I are reading the book out loud for a podcast. It’s kind of like “Mystery Science Theatre 3000”—only with books!
http://megoblog.typepad.com/blog/2013/09/take-this-labor-day-to-catch-up-on-the-50-shades-of-grey-podcast-.html
Oh, man, that sounds awesome! I will definitely check it out.
This E L James person must be laughing all the way to the porn bank.
Yes she is, Bill. And maybe I’m being a jerk to say this, but I can’t help thinking it is you and me that should be laughing all the way to the porn bank. Or at the very least chuckling.