"Fifty Shades Darker" movie adaptation release date is reportedly set to arrive sometime in 2017.
However, despite the phenomenal success of its prequel, "Fifty Shades of Grey," controversies involving the movie franchise is now reportedly affecting the film's production.
First, director Sam Taylor-Johnson decided to exit from the erotica movie franchise, following reports of altercation between author, E.L. James.
While that gravely affected the production of "Fifty Shades Darker," the fact that they have yet to find actors to portray the characters of Elena Lincoln a.k.a. Mrs. Robinson and Jack Hyde, who play important roles in the novel added to the film's delay in production.
According to News Everyday, there are still issues with the casting as they have even yet to find a casting director.
"We're nowhere near casting. We haven't gotten into anything like that," Dana Brunetti recently stated. "We don't even have a casting director on it yet."
Now another controversy is now reportedly going to jeopardize the film's release date
Apparently, lead stars, Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson are both asking for an increase after "Fifty Shades of Grey" earned over $500 million worldwide, Box Office Mojo reported.
According to an unnamed source of OK! magazine, Dornan and Johnson who reportedly received $250,000 plus bonuses from "Fifty Shades of Grey" are now asking a raise of $20 million each.
"The word is that they're asking for at least $20 million each, plus a percentage of the backend, which could be substantial if the next film is as big as the first," the insider alleged.
Dornan and Johnson apparently know that "Fifty Shades Darker" release date is impossible to happen without them thus, "They're indispensable to producers, and they know it!"
However, it seems the idea of getting such a huge raise does not sit well with produced Dana Brunetti.
The "Captain Phillips" and "The Social Network" producer told The Hollywood Reporter that a movie's income does not guarantee such a huge raise for the actors.
"Look, when I was starting out and had to cut my teeth and build my résumé to get in, I had to basically work for free on a lot of things," she explained.
"I still take reductions in my fees for the opportunities to do certain things. We got slack on 'Captain Phillips' about how much Barkhad [Abdi] and those guys got paid. Look at Jonah Hill in 'Wolf of Wall Stree.' It was great for his career. So I'm not going to cry for anybody who wants to be in this business just because a thing they were involved in did very well and they didn't get paid [a lot]. That's not the deal that you made. If it was, I'd have more than a couple Ferraris because all the money my films have made is fucking insane. You've got to start somewhere."
Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson on the other hand, chose not to speak about the said conflict.
It's not yet clear what these issues will bring to "Fifty Shades Darker," whether it will just make things more complicated for the movie to reach the target release date or will they find a way to compensate.
"Fifty Shades Darker" release date is set in 2017.
