{Must Read} 11 Facts to Know about 50 Shades of Grey

#11 Where’s the trailer?

The first trailer for Fifty Shades of Grey: The Movie was released on Thursday. The movie is the first of a planned trilogy based on the worldwide mega-hit. Here are the key players and facts about the movie. You can watch the trailer on any entertainment site in the world it appears.

#10 When is the movie out?

The movie arrives in theaters Valentine’s Day 2015. It’s a long way away, but you can expect the campaign for the film will be fierce. The studio has already set up a fake “Grey Enterprises Holdings” website. The merchandising for the film will probably be huge, so get ready to see all sorts of fun tie-in objects.

#9 Who is Christian Grey?

Jamie Dornan was Sheriff Graham. Christian Grey will be played by Jamie Dornan, an Irish actor first became known to American audiences as Sheriff Graham, aka The Huntsman, on the ABC fairy tale show Once Upon a Time. He went on to star on the Irish television show The Fall.

#8 Who is Anastasia Steele?

Dakota Johnson is the Daughter of Famous Parents. If you look closely (REALLY closely) you’ll see that Dakota Johnson is the offspring of Miami Vice’s Don Johnson and former wife Melanie Griffith. Johnson, who plays co-lead Anastasia Steele, said she wouldn’t want her parents to see the film, commenting that “I mean, if it were them doing a movie I wouldn’t want to see that.”

#7 Who is the director?

Sam Taylor-Wood is directing. She was chosen over directors like Gus Van Sant Steven Soderberg and Angelina Jolie. She is also a photographer. Her directorial debut was 2009′s Nowhere Boy, about the childhood of John Lennon.

#6 Is this about Twilight?

Sorry, this is a Robsten-free zone. E.L. James wrote the trilogy as a fanfiction based loosely on the Twilight series. However, James said that she never wanted Twilight stars Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart to be in the film, admitting that would be pretty weird. This is probably because she was imagining them in their underwear while writing the movie.

#5 Is the film racy?

Everyone is debating how racy the sex scenes will be, with book fans already calling for blood if each scene is not faithfully adapted. However for now details are sparse, and the risque scenes are being filmed with a skeleton crew of only 12 people to keep the details quiet. The trailer is PG-13 and only features flashes of the hot scenes between Christian and Anastasia.

#4 What’s the song from the trailer?

Beyonce made a special version of her hit Crazy in Love just for the film. The slow jams version of the song was featured in the film’s trailer, which premiered on the NBC Today Show and online today for the first time. Queen Bey posted about the trailer earlier in the week, teasing it on Instagram.

#3 Who reads these books?

Your answer? Oprah. Don’t worry folks, Oprah is not in the movie. She is however one of the book’s biggest fans. “I have downloaded all the Fifty Shades of Grey novels and for the first time I can take some guilty pleasure and just read. But I’m thinking, stop with the story, get to the juicy part.” She’s not alone, as the books have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, many to housewives.

#2 What do other authors think about these books?

One such author who has words about the series is J.K. Rowling. The Harry Potter author has never read 50 Shades and never will. She refuses to read the book and compared it to porn, setting off a war of sorts with E.L. James.

#1 Who or what influenced E.L. James?

The author was influenced by the teen novel series Twilight, but also found her inspiration in the band The Black Eyed Peas. E.L. James wrote part of the book to songs by the Black Eyed Peas which got her in the mood for scandalous scenes. (That was the first and last time anyone ever wrote that about the Peas). There are no plans to have the Peas featured on the soundtrack. How’s that for random?