Fifty Shades of Grey movie leaves Bret Easton Ellis off writers shortlist

Studio planning adaptation of EL James's erotic bestseller omits cult novelist from shortlist of four screenwriters
Bret Easton Ellis was determined to write the film adaptation of EL James's bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Universal, the studio planning a big screen adaptation of knee-trembling phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey, is considering four writers, according to the Hollywood Reporter. They include a tried and tested screenwriter for Disney, a graduate of successful US crime series The Killing and a writer on the cancelled sci fi show Terra Nova. Disappointingly for fans of cult novelist Bret Easton Ellis, who has been furiously touting himself for the job via Twitter, executives at Universal appear to have ignored his charms.
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