The producer of the upcoming adaptation of EL James's bestseller has hinted at an R-rated version, followed by an NC-17 take targeted at a more adult audience - a similar strategy as had been planned for Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac
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Dana Brunetti told the Collider blog the additional version might be released a few weeks after the original cut in an effort to satisfy fans of EL James's bestselling source novel hoping for a "grittier" take. It is understood the first cut would be aimed at securing an "R" rating in the US (similar to a UK 15), while version two would target an "NC-17" (close to a UK 18).
"This is just my opinion and this doesn't mean this is going to happen, but I always thought it would be really cool if we released the R version and then we had an NC-17 version that we released a few weeks later," said Brunetti. "So everybody could go and enjoy the R version, and then if they really wanted to see it again and get a little bit more gritty with it, then have that NC-17 version out there as well."
"What we're kind of hearing from the fans is they want it dirty, they want it as close as possible [to the book]. We want to keep it elevated but also give the fans what they want."
The two-version template mirrors the original proposal for another much-vaunted salacious upcoming movie. Lars Von Trier's Nymphomaniac was initially tipped for "hardcore" and "softcore" versions, though the plan has now been abandoned in favour of allowing distributors in different countries to decide their own specific level of smut.
Brunetti also took time to respond to fan ire over the casting process for Fifty Shades of Grey. Britain's Charlie Hunnam and American actor Dakota Johnson initially signed to play kinky billionaire Christian Grey and his well-renumerated sex slave Anastasia Steele, though the former has now been replaced by Northern Ireland-born Jamie Dornan. A fan petition had called for Matt Bomer and Alexis Bledel to be installed instead.
"No matter who we cast, people were gonna be angry about it," said Brunetti. "And then we obviously had the one that we cast that ultimately didn't work out. We have to meet the ideas of the fans to an extent and make them happy, although you're not gonna make them happy because they're thinking of somebody else in their mind. And I always thought it would be better if we went with somebody unknown so then everyone can discover them together. That's where I really think we are now with Jamie and Dakota."
Last week studio Universal pushed back the film's release date to Valentine's Day 2015 in light of the production travails for Sam Taylor-Johnson's movie.
Source: the guardian
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