Casting Calls'50 Shades of Grey' Feature Film Casts Dakota Johnson and Charilie Hunnam...

’50 Shades of Grey’ Feature Film Casts Dakota Johnson and Charilie Hunnam as Lead Roles

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Image Credit: Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic (Hunnam); Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images (Johnson)The search is over: Dakota Johnson (Ben and Kate, The Social Network) will play Anastasia Steele and Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) will take over the high-profile role of Christian Grey in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades Of Grey.

The movie will be released on Aug. 1, 2014.

Universal paid $5 million dollars for the movie rights to the best-selling trilogy. But there were a ton of rumors.

Earlier this year, Emma Watson was acclaimed to play the role of Anastatsia, which prompted the Harry Potter star to tweet “who here actually thinks I would do 50 Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life.”

Dakota Johnson gained some critical attention for her role in the Fox comedy Ben and Kate last season but the single-camera confection about a single mom who lives with her brother (Nat Faxon) was cancelled because of low ratings.

After her small, scantily-clad part in The Social Network (she went to bed with Sean Parker, aka Justin Timberlake), she went on to appear in The Five Year Engagement and 21 Jump Street. She is the daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson.

For the last six years, Hunnam has starred as Jax Teller in FX’s hit drama Sons of Anarchy. Earlier this year, he was the lead in the movie Pacific Rim.

We will keep you updated on all casting calls and opportunities for this motion picture. There is no word on where this upcoming project will film. Stay tuned!

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