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" Dakota Johnson has CONFIRMED the director of Fifty Shades of Grey sequel Fifty Shades Darker, admitting that she was scared of the franchise&amp;#039;s future after Sam Taylor-Johnson announced that she would not be returning. We DEFINITELY didn&amp;#039;t see the new director coming - James Foley, who is best known for directing House of Cards. Considering the majority of his work so far is of the crime/thriller variety, at least he should be pretty good at building the tension. Maybe we&amp;#039;ll get to see Jamie Dornan talking to camera Kevin Spacey style (okay, unlikely). Both Jamie and Dakota are signed up for both sequels, but Sam Taylor-Johnson revealed in March that she was leaving the franchise, amid rumours of a fall-out with writer EL James. Sam said in a statement to Us Weekly: &amp;quot;Directing Fifty Shades of Grey has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful. I have Universal to thank for that. I forged close and lasting relationships with the cast, producers and crew and most especially, with Dakota [Johnson] and Jamie [Dornan]. While I will not be returning to direct the sequels, I wish nothing but success to whosoever takes on the exciting challenges of films two and three.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;There was a moment of being afraid because I didn&amp;#039;t know what it was going to be like. I had an experience with Sam and then it all went away,&amp;quot; Dakota has told Empire. It&amp;#039;s understandable when you consider the amount of nudity involved. After months building up trust and becoming comfortable with one (female) director, they jump ship and you&amp;#039;ve got to start from scratch. But Dakota says she&amp;#039;s concentrating on the benefits of working under a new director. &amp;quot;Now I&amp;#039;m excited. I think James is a talented filmmaker. How often do you get to reconvene with the same people and have a different spin?&amp;quot; Fifty Shades Darker is due for release in the UK on 10 February 2017, with Fifty Shades Freed expected to hit cinemas on 9 February 2018. Follow Claire on Twitter. THE TEASER TRAILER FOR FIFTY SHADES DARKER IS ALREADY HERE 32 CREEPY EXTRACTS FROM GREY THAT PROVE CHRISTIAN GREY IS THE WORST "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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