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50 Shades Screenwriter: Bret Easton Ellis Is Pissed!

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Oh deary dear!

Not so surprisingly, iconic American writer Bret Easton Ellis, the man who has been promoting himself via Twitter as the perfect candidate to adapt Fifty Shades of Grey into a screenplay, AND who has been very vocal about the film's potential cast, is NOT super psyched that Terra Nova executive producer Kelly Marcel got the job.

In fact, he's SO offended by the decision, Mr. Ellis tweeted his frustration, blasting:

"Kelly Marcel?!? KELLY MARCEL?!? Kelly Marcel is WRITING the script for 'Fifty Shades of Grey'?!? THIS is the movie they want to make? ARGH.

Kelly Marcel: the creator of (gulp) 'Terra Nova' and a Mary Poppins bio-pic has been blessed by EL James and no one can stop her. Dear God."

Mizz. Marcel has NOT responded to the contentious tweets, but one Fifty Shades producer tweeted in defense of the decision, posting (a since deleted tweet):

"@BretEastonEllis Really, Bret? The day you release that 'trailer'. School film? You're losing it…,"

Now now, boys!

But seriously, we wonder why Bret is SO passionate about Fifty Shades?! Could it be the book's exceptional writing? The complex characters? Layered plot?!

Well, whatever the reason, it doesn't warrant him attacking another writer's talent! And maybe he should stop worrying about Christian's Red Room of Pain and concentrate on promoting that, um inneresting filmy film of his, The Canyons.

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9 comments to “50 Shades Screenwriter: Bret Easton Ellis Is Pissed!”

  1. Tom says – reply to this


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    I really liked Tera Nova.



  2. 2

    COMMENTS ON AGAIN!!, cocksucker, i posted it last night about the baby rapist, I said you would finally post something and turn comments OFF. this god damn story has absolutely NOTHING to do with fitness. fucking coward!!!



  3. 3

    He is right. E.L James is a writer and should have hired an expert advisor to choose.
    BEE wrote American Psycho, Less Than Zero, those are great movies. Tara Nova? Wtf is that? Isn't that a filed TV series. Sorry off to imdb now, to see what the hell that is.

  4. Ugh says – reply to this


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    You stupid fuck, BEE was the only possibility that awful book could be turned into a somewhat passable movie. And Matt Bomer as CG is a terrible choice so I'm not sure why you're acting like it would be the greatest casting decision ever made.

    Asshole.

  5. ashley says – reply to this


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    I kind of understand why they wanted a woman attached to this movie. With all the press surrounding it saying it's a sexist story, it might be in their benefit to have a woman adapt the screen play. A woman wrote the book, it's a female protaganist, and now a female screen writer.

  6. @v@ says – reply to this


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    I'm pretty sure he meant congratulations to Kelly Marcel. Meow.



  7. 7

    IDK I kinda see what he means…



  8. 8

    50 Shades of BORING, STUPID, ASININE, etc. is the WORST book ever! Nothing happens and the "agreement" the whole book is based in is revealed as not-binding in the first 50 pages. AWFUL book that just shows what followers we really are.

  9. lindsey locket says – reply to this


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    hello, missing people, hi there and hope youre all having a great day in the sunl' brett hey, likee me, why dont you join the dodo club, the biscuit burglar, shaun spencer, we met at a pub in chelsea, now thats a story!