'Fifty Shades Darker' Cast & Trailer: 'Fifty Shades' Sequels' Film Dates, Budget Revealed -- What We Know So Far

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After a lot of speculation and waiting, "Fifty Shades" fans can now rejoice as the filming dates and budget for "Fifty Shades Darker" have recently been revealed, per Melty.

According to the news outlet, "Fifty Shades Darker" have already received the go signal and will begin filming next month on Feb. 9. The highly anticipated sequel to "Fifty Shades Darker" will be shot in Vancouver. The sequel's registered working title in the Director's Guild of Canada is ''Further Adventures of Max & Banks 2 & 3." The publication notes that the "2 & 3" on the titles corroborates with previous reports that the second and third sequel of E.L. James' hit trilogy will be shot back to back.

Furthermore, the movie budget is said to have been halved as it is only listed at over $20 million, compared to "Fifty Shades of Grey's" $40 million budget. Melty speculates that the decrease in budget might be because "Fifty Shades Freed" will also be filmed right after "Fifty Shades Darker," so the production have to somehow cut costs. Anyhow, if "Fifty Shades Darker" and "Fifty Shades Freed" follow the success of the first installment, then the profit will be huge as it was reported that "Fifty Shades Grey" earned a whopping $570 million when it hit cinemas.

With this news, Jamie Dornan has previously expressed his excitement in reprising his role as Christian Grey in the sequel. Talking to People, Dornan said, "I'm looking forward to embodying Christian again -- and getting a chance to show more of him."

Dakota Johnson, who plays Anna Steele in the series, is also very excited and proud to be playing the famous character. In an interview with British Vogue magazine, Johnson shared her gratefulness for the movie as it paved a way to make her mark in Hollywood.

"I'm proud of Fifty Shades of Grey. I don't need to distance myself from that. The more work I do, the more the general public sees the different things I can do. Do I think it opened doors? Yeah. More people know my name," Johnson said.

Meanwhile, in other "Fifty Shades" news, UPI reports that Johnson recently had a wardrobe malfunction during the 2016 People's Choice Awards. When she was accepting her award for Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress for "Fifty Shades of Grey," presenter Leslie Mann accidentally unzipped her dress.

The 26-year-old actress even joked on stage saying, "Leslie just broke my dress. Well, it's not like nobody here hasn't already seen my boobs."

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