For all its political intrigue and delightfully macabre monologues delivered in a Louisiana drawl, House of Cards is deeply, weirdly erotic – I mean, trading sex for information aside, there’s that look Frank Underwood gives like he’s mere seconds away from whipping his staff out and aggressively rubbing one out all over Senate.
Which is *possibly* why James Foley, who directed more episodes of ‘House of Cards’ than anyone else (12 to be exact), is about to sign the dotted line to direct the Fifty Shades of Grey sequel, Fifty Shades Darker. Other reasons include a giant bucket of cash knocking him in the temple, or some kind of realigning balance in the universe after blowing out the ‘fucking phenomenal’ end of the spectrum with HoC, and needing Fifty Shades of Domestic Abuse to fix it.
He’s officially been offered the job, as reported by Variety. Negotiations are about to start. He could still back out at this point, but oh god – this is probably happening.
Unlike the first film, E.L. James‘ husband Niall Leonard wrote the script for the sequel, while James is on as a producer. Walking six pack Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson are back as Christian and Ana (yawn and hesitantly intrigued respectively).
The first movie was wildly panned for being a glorified depiction of domestic abuse. Not due to the whipping and bondage, mind – it’s all cool, let your king flag fly high – but for the manipulation, control, and Christian Grey randomly fucking turning up to ‘check’ on Ana, and selling that as ‘love’.
#AskELJames How much money does a partner need to earn for them to be ‘romantic’ instead of abusive? Asking for a friend.
— Chloe Dungate (@ScarfDemon) June 29, 2015
Maybe lower your expectations to Mariana Trench levels and see if you can’t be pleasantly surprised when ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ is released on Valentine’s Day, 2017.
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via Variety.
