Fifty Shades Darker new project, and it was announced that Kim Basinger would play Elena Lincoln. Fifty Shades Darker Fifty Shades Darker is a 2012 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It is the second installment in the "Fifty Shades" trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. The first and third volumes, "Fifty Shades of Grey" and "Fifty Shades Freed", were published in 2011 and 2012, respectively. The novel is published by Vintage Books and reached No. 1 on the "USA Today" best seller list. Three days after
E. L. James list of the highest-earning authors with earnings of $95m which included $5m for the film rights to "Fifty Shades of Grey". On 1 June 2015 James announced the upcoming release of "Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian", which was released into stores on 18 June 2015. "Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian" was released November 28, 2017. James was one of the British celebrities, including Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel Riley, to design and sign her own card for the UK children's charity Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. The campaign was launched by crafting