Sam Taylor-Johnson to 'pull out' of the Fifty Shades Of Grey sequels due to 'toxic clashes' with author E.L. James
The film has been an unparalleled box office smash but the reported tensions between Fifty Shades Of Grey's director Sam Taylor-Johnson and the books' writer E.L. James have meant the two follow-up films' may have to be made under a different filmmaker.
The Sun has reported that the British director is keen to leave the franchise due to her constant on-set feuds with the author, despite previously claiming that she had 'signed on' to work on the sequels.
A senior film insider told newspaper's Dan Wootton: 'Sam won't be back for the Fifty Shades sequels. She wants out and Universal knows that's the right decision. 'Her relationship with Erika has become absolutely toxic – they despise each other and blame each other for the problems with the film.'
Sam and E.L. - who signed a £3 million deal with Universal and Focus Films giving them the rights to her trio of books, which also gave her creative control of the movies - are said to have clashed numerous times about sex scenes as the author wanted to make the movie racier.
The source also claimed that most of the rows between the two were due to the author's wishes for the film to be as explicit as the book...
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