Fifty Shades of Grey Release Date, Latest News: Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson Won’t See The Movie; New Study Says ‘Fifty Shades’ Perpetuates Violence Against Women!

By Kara Michelle Aug 24, 2014 05:48 AM EDT

Fifty Shades of Grey Release Date, Latest News: Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson Won't See The Movie; New Study Says 'Fifty Shades' Perpetuates Violence Against Women!

"Fifty Shades of Grey" will hit the theater screens by February 13, 2015, in time for Valentine's Day. The movie, which already wrapped up production early this year, was directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson based on a screenplay written by Kelly Marcel with Patrick Marber and Mark Bomback. There will be two versions of the movie - one, a "Rated-R," for the mainstream audience, and another, an "NC-17," for the die-hard fans of the explicit erotic novel.

The film adaptation of the best-selling E.L. James erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey," which has sold over 100 million copies worldwide and has been translated in 51 languages, stars Dakota Johnson as "Anastasia Steele" and Jamie Dornan as "Christian Grey." Now one of the most anticipated upcoming movies, its teaser trailer alone has become the most-viewed trailer for the week ending August 18, garnering 3.6 million YouTube views, for an accumulated 56.7 million total views since the trailer went online July 24 according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Johnson's parents, actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, won't be able to see their daughter's much-talked about explicit scenes with her co-star Dornan. Said Griffith in a tweet message, "I have not seen 50 Shades of Grey. I don't think I'm going to see it...[Dakota] was like, 'You guys cannot come. There's no way.' So we're not going. I did go visit for a couple of days when they were shooting just normal stuff. I did see the Room of Pain - I did go in there and check it out."

In related news, a recent study led by Michigan State University researcher Amy Bonomi found that "women who read Fifty Shades of Grey are more likely than nonreaders to exhibit signs of eating disorders and have a verbally abusive partner." Moreover, the study says, "women who read all three books in the blockbuster 'Fifty Shades' erotic romance series are at increased risk of engaging in binge drinking and having multiple sex partners." Bonomi's study, which was published in the Journal of Women's Health, is one of the first to investigate the relationship between health risks and reading popular fiction depicting violence against women. An earlier study conducted by Bonomi concluded that "the best-selling novel that's promoted as a tale of erotic romance, actually perpetuates the problem of violence against women."

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