After working with producer Dana Brunetti on numerous episodes of “House of Cards,” veteran filmmaker James Foley has emerged as the frontrunner to direct “Fifty Shades Darker,” the sequel to Universal’s blockbuster hit “Fifty Shades of Grey,” an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap.
Other directors who were up for the coveted gig have started to be notified that they didn’t get it.
E.L. James’ husband, screenwriter Niall Leonard, adapted his wife’s bestselling book, and Michael De Luca returns to produce the steamy sequel with Brunetti.
Stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson will reprise their roles as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele.