--- description: The sequels will be based on the two other books in the series, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed. title: There Will Be 2 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Movie Sequels image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3210959554066c1b/698763f2524fc0002bdea315/150515842.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # There Will Be 2 _Fifty Shades of Grey_ Movie Sequels  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 7, 2015 6:28 PM CUT  A picture shows copies of the novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" on display at a book shop in central London on July 19, 2012\. It's a literary phenomenon: with nearly 40 million copies sold, "Fifty Shades of Grey", an erotic romance spiced up with sado-masochism is well on its way to breaking all the records. AFP PHOTO / WILL OLIVER (Photo credit should read WILL OLIVER/AFP/GettyImages) A picture shows copies of the novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" on display at a book shop in central London on July 19, 2012\. It's a literary phenomenon: with nearly 40 million copies sold, "Fifty Shades of Grey", an erotic romance spiced up with sado-masochism is well on its way to breaking all the records. AFP PHOTO / WILL OLIVER (Photo credit should read WILL OLIVER/AFP/GettyImages)AFP—AFP/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 7, 2015 6:28 PM CUT _Fifty Shades of Grey_ fanatics everywhere are squealing with pleasure at Friday’s announcement that there will be two movie sequels. The sequels will be based on the two other books in the series, _Fifty Shades Darker_ and _Fifty Shades Freed._ Director Sam Taylor-Johnson announced the news at an advance screening of the first movie in New York on Friday, [MTV reports](http://www.mtv.com/news/2070925/fifty-shades-grey-darker-freed-sequels/ "undefined"). The first _50 Shades_ film hits theaters Feb. 13 and is already the [fastest-selling R-rated movie in Fandango’s history](http://time.com/3671446/fifty-shades-fastest-selling/ "undefined"), despite growing social media campaigns aimed at [boycotting the premiere](http://time.com/3696929/domestic-violence-50-shades/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3699968/fifty-shades-of-grey-sequels/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3699968/fifty-shades-of-grey-sequels/"},"headline":"There Will Be 2 Fifty Shades of Grey Movie Sequels","datePublished":"2015-02-07T18:28:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:14:06.272Z","description":"Is your inner goddess freaking out?","url":"https://time.com/3699968/fifty-shades-of-grey-sequels/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3210959554066c1b/698763f2524fc0002bdea315/150515842.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3210959554066c1b/698763f2524fc0002bdea315/150515842.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-LITERATURE-SEX","caption":"BRITAIN-LITERATURE-SEX","creditText":"AFP—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3699968/fifty-shades-of-grey-sequels/","name":"There Will Be 2 Fifty Shades of Grey Movie Sequels"}}]}] ```