Fifty Shades Freed (film) and Vancouver from February 9, 2016, to July 12, 2016, under the working title ""Further Adventures of Max and Banks 2 & 3"." "Fifty Shades Freed" was released on February 9, 2018, by Universal Pictures. A teaser trailer was released on September 10, 2017, and a theatrical trailer on November 6. "Fifty Shades Freed" was released on digital on April 24, 2018, with a Blu-ray Disc, DVD and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release following on May 8, 2018. The lead single from the film's soundtrack, "For You", performed by Rita Ora and Liam Payne, was released on January 5, 2018.
Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian negative and many critics have criticized it for being too similar to "Fifty Shades of Grey". The "Daily Mail's" reviewer commented that "Ms James has simply shadowed the whole plot of Book One, reproducing the clunky polystyrene dialogue word for word, and inserting italicised thoughts by Christian himself." "The Independent" criticized the book and the choice to include Grey's internal monologues, stating that he had a "vacuous mental life" and that "The effect is increasingly comical – Mills & Boon meets "Peep Show" – while the rest of his internal monologue is spent stating the bleeding obvious." "The Telegraph" wrote