Like seriously, other than being married to one of the hottest up-and-coming actors in Aaron Johnson, what has she done to deserve this job? Is she like a really good theater director so she has crossover movie connects from that? What's the deal? Someone please tell me!
shareShe actually has a pretty notable career in the art world working with film and photography. Doesn't mean she's any good but she is well connected for sure...
sharehmm ok.
shareNowhere Boy was great, albeit, wildly inaccurate. Can't say I'm excited for her next project though...
shareShe's well known in the art scene and has a very good reputation, just look at her Crying Men project. Very well known actors worked with her on that.
So I'm sure she is very well connected.
Why she would WANT to direct that glorified fanfic trash is another question...
Probably the answer, as usual, is: "Money, dear!"
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No, Schmuck! You are only entitled to your INFORMED opinion!!
-- Harlan Ellison
This is super-easy to answer.
50 Shades, like Twilight, is a pretty sh#tty book with a massive fanbase. It got snapped up by Universal because of the moneymaking potential.
Since the source material is *beep* the producers don't need to worry about living up to a high-quality book. All they need is a competent director who they can get on the cheap. So plunder the art world. Find a director who has made some great, small-budget films, and entice her over with way less money than they'd have to pay anyone else. It's a great way to save money while also maybe getting a good film, but if the arthouse director chokes, it's okay because the fanbase is massive and will turn out to see the finished product, even if it's a wad of d@ckcheese.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/movies/fifty-shades-of-grey-the-movi e-as-a-fairy-tale.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-c olumn-middle-span-region®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&WT .nav=c-column-middle-span-region&_r=0
shareMostly likely she cooked up some sort of ungodly brew in a cauldron, containing eye of newt and the blood of an infant, followed by wretched and unclean rituals meant to cloud the judgement of the producers. After which, she climbed back onto her broom and cackled as she flew skyward.
She is an abomination, passing herself off as a women. She MUST BE STOPPED!