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At about the half-hour mark in Fifty Shades of Grey, I came to a sobering realization: Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) could get away with murder. This dude basically exhibits straight-up stalker behavior, and yet the object of his affection, Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson, in a nuanced and impressive performance), not only doesn’t mind — she occasionally seems into it. And that’s before the BDSM even begins!

Of course, a lot of that is probably due to Grey’s stunning good looks, his immense wealth, his confident personality, his incredibly well-built torso, his eyes that are so deep in color that you could lose yourself in them for days…

I’m sorry, where was I? Oh right. Hit the jump to see 10 things that Christian Grey does in Fifty Shades of Grey that would be creepy if I did them. This is not an exhaustive list.

Surprising the girl he just met at her place of work.

Asking her to help him buy bondage gear at said workplace.

Attacking any dudes that get near her.

Accosting her while she’s drunk and bringing her to an unfamiliar location.

Badgering her to sign a contract detailing his sexual requirements.

Badgering her to eat muffins.

Using this as a pick-up line.

Telling her this.

Or this.

Staring blankly into the middle distance 99% of the time.

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Wong Kar-Wai was going to make The Ferryman as the follow-up to his movie The Grandmaster, but things changed, and now he’ll direct something else. While Wong remains attached to The Ferryman as a producer, he’ll put his real energy behind a film called Blossoms. Just as The Ferryman will be an adaptation of a short story, Blossoms is an adaptation of short stories by Jin Yucheng, set in Shanghai.

Filmbiz.Asia has the news, and CRI English has the basic gist of the stories, via The Film Stage:

Depicting chores and trifles of urban life, such as grocery shopping and hosting a dinner party, Blossoms provides a vivid image of the daily life of ordinary Shanghai people. Focusing on a hundred characters, and several main ones, the whole story is carried out over two time-lines: from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, the end of the Cultural Revolution; and from the 1980s to the start of the 21st century. As the two time periods alternate, the book unveils the two faces of the city: the Shanghai of old and the modernized metropolis it is today.

Wong is scripting with Jin, the author of the stories.

Whether he will focus specifically on one small set of characters or open his interests up to a broad cast to match the scope of the story collection is unknown. Given Wong’s tendency to spend long stretches of time in the editing room, the idea of him making a film with a terrifically huge cast is interesting but also daunting, as the possibilities for late-stage tinkering might be endless. Regardless, we’re always happy to hear of a new film from the director.

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Spring was one of the movies that had the most people talking at Fantastic Fest last year, and it was the one I was most bummed to miss. It comes from writer/directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, who previously made the intense and unsettling film Resolution, and features Lou Taylor Pucci as an American backpacker who meets a beguiling young woman (Nadia Hilker) in Italy… and then discovers that she has secrets that set her apart from every other girl he’s ever met. This Spring trailer is pretty great, starting off with a pretty normal tone before getting really weird. Check it out below.

I’d heard a lot about Spring at the end of last year, but tried to stay fuzzy on the details, and this trailer shows just enough. Whatever that creature shot is, just as the title card comes up, would probably be enough to get me into the theater even if I hadn’t heard consistently great things about this movie. I don’t want to see any more than this, but I’m definitely hooked based on this look.

Spring will hit theaters and VOD on March 20. Trailer via Collider.

Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci, Evil Dead, Thumbsucker) is a young American fleeing to Europe to escape his past. While backpacking along the Italian coast, everything changes during a stop at an idyllic Italian village, where he meets and instantly connects with the enchanting and mysterious Louise. A flirtatious romance begins to bloom between the two – however, Evan soon realizes that Louise has been harboring a monstrous, primordial secret that puts both their relationship and their lives in jeopardy.

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As the unfathomable success of Frozen continues to sustain, Disney is being very careful with how they exploit the title. They’re slowly but surely rolling the film and its characters into theme parks. There are no immediate plans for a sequel, but a short film will be out in March. And there have been talks of a stage adaptation too, which just took a major step forward.

The Frozen stage show just officially announced its writers, songwriters and director. Good news, Frozen fans, they’re familiar. The writer and director will be Jennifer Lee, the co-director of the film. Then Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, the Oscar-winning duo behind the songs in the original film, are doing the songs for the show. So basically, the Frozen musical is in capable, familiar hands. Read more on the Frozen Broadway musical below.

The Hollywood Reporter reported the Frozen Broadway news. Apparently, the Daily Mail ran an unconfirmed report that the musical was aiming at a 2017 release with Alex Timbers directing. Here’s the statement reacting to that from Thomas Schumacher, the president and producer of Disney Theatrical Productions:

As has already been announced, Disney Theatrical is working on a stage adaptation of the animated film Frozen. It will come as no surprise that the EGOT-winning Broadway veteran Robert Lopez and the Oscar and Grammy winning Kristen Anderson-Lopez, who wrote the indelible songs for the film, will be working on the show and that Oscar winner Jennifer Lee, co-director and screenwriter of the film, will be working on the book of the stage version. No other staffing or dates have been announced.

That’s not to say the 2017 date isn’t possible, just that they aren’t locked into anything – at least publicly.

There are also expectations the Lopez’s will be writing new songs for the show but that, too, is as yet unconfirmed. They pretty much have to though as every single Disney Theatrical production has added new songs to the original source material to make the show longer than the usual 90 minute run time.

Are you looking forward to a Frozen Broadway update?

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