Update: Jamie Dornan on set Monday. And Fifty Shades denied permission for overnight shoot on Friday.
Ready for another week of Fifty Shades Darker filming in Gastown? In the sequel, Seattle-billionaire-with-singular-tastes Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) tries to win back the-girl-who-said-No Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson). Production started Tuesday, February 16th at its Seattle Independent Press (SIP) set, where Ana Steele gets a new job as assistant to SIP publisher and Christian Grey rival Jack Hyde (Eric Johnson). Who is Hyde? He and Christian were troubled boys together in the same orphanage until the wealthy Grey family adopted Christian not Jack. Hyde makes good but not at the same level as Christian and takes out his frustrations on Ana — sexually harassing her.
Filming at SIP continued last week for three days with a final one scheduled for tomorrow.
110 East Cordova Street.
E. L. James instagram of interior.
Eric Johnson as Detective Luke Callaghan on Toronto cop drama Rookie Blue.
Tyler Hoechlin from Teen Wolf cast as author Boyce Fox.
Over the weekend Fifty Shades Darker crew started turning Gastown into Seattle’s Pioneer Square for some walk & talk scenes on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Alexander Street.
And on Friday, March 4th, Fifty Shades Darker is expected to film at Ana Steele’s apartment.
120 Powell Street.
The latest polling letter had exteriors overnight on Friday, March 4th. But the filming notice has revised times of 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
This is where Christian Grey surprised Ana with a red Audi in Fifty Shades of Grey.
Nearby is the Fifty Shades sequel’s secure and screened circus. Production sign = CURRY.
Related: Fifty Shades Darker to Film First Three Weeks in Gastown.
Back in Vancouver with these two. pic.twitter.com/AcVwPdtrbA
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) February 24, 2016
Why I feel like crap this morning. This guy… #onedrink pic.twitter.com/zfSAQPF2aP
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) February 26, 2016
Ana Steele and Christian Grey.
Sequels Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed are expected to shoot in metro Vancouver for five months from mid- February to mid-July, with Fifty Shades Darker expected to film in Paris for a few days too.
Casting so far:
Jack Hyde: Eric Johnson.
Mrs. Robinson – Kim Basinger.
Leila – Bella Heathcote.
The first film in the trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey, grossed more than half a billion dollars worldwide on an estimated budget of $40 million. James Foley will direct the back-to-back productions based on scripts by Niall Leonard, husband to the erotic trilogy’s author E.L. James.
Filming started February 16th and is expected to wrap July 12th (dates subject to change) according to the Directors Guild of Canada-BC list. Production code is Further Adventures of Max & Banks 2 & 3.
Fifty Shades Darker will be in theatres on February 16, 2017 and Fifty Shades Freed opens a year later on February 9, 2018.