Fifty Shades Darker is a 2017 American erotic romantic drama film directed by James Foley and written by Niall Leonard, based on a novel of same name by E. L. James. The second film in the Fifty Shades film series, it is the sequel to 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey. The film stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, with Kim Basinger, Luke Grimes, Eloise Mumford and Max Martini in supporting roles.A film adaptation of the first book was produced by Focus Features, Michael De Luca Productions, and Trigger Street Productions,with Universal Pictures and Focus Features securing the rights to the trilogy in March 2012. Universal is also the film’s distributor. In March 2014, the producer for the first film, Dana Brunetti, had said there were, as of then, no solid plans to make a sequel.