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The actress, who became an international star with the steamy 1986 pic _9½ Weeks_, is in final negotiations to return to the world of love and lust with _Fifty Shades Darker._ Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan are back as whippersnappers-in-love Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey in the sequel to Universal’s adaptation of the E.L. James best-seller that climaxed at $570 million worldwide. James Foley is directing the follow-up, with Basinger in one of the movie’s few new roles: Elena Lincoln. Lincoln is one of Grey’s business partners and, more importantly, the older woman and former lover that initiated him into the world of S&M. A production start of mid-February is being planned. Basinger won a best supporting Oscar for her turn opposite Russell Crowe in 1997’s _L.A. Confidential_ and this May reunites with him for _The Nice Guys_, Shane Black’s pulpy 1970s-set thriller that also stars Ryan Gosling. Her credits range from James Bond movie _Never Say Never Again_ to Eminem’s _8 Mile_. Basinger is repped by APA, Management Production Entertainment and Bloom Hergott. 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