Fifty Shades Freed the UK the novel sold over two million copies. Sam Taylor-Johnson, the director of the film adaptation of the first installment of the book series, "Fifty Shades of Grey", confirmed on 6 February 2015 that both "Fifty Shades Freed" and the second book in the trilogy, "Fifty Shades Darker", will also be adapted for film. The film was released on 9 February 2018. In November 2015, Universal Studios announced that both films will be shot back-to-back with principal photography scheduled to commence in early 2016. Fifty Shades Freed Fifty Shades Freed is the third and final installment of the erotic
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