THE FIFTY SHADES DARKER DIRECTOR HAS BEEN CONFIRMED door DAKOTA JOHNSON 

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, admitting that she was scared of the franchise\'s future after Sam Taylor-Johnson announced that she would not be returning.

​will direct the new film. Considering the majority of his work so far is of the crime/thriller variety, at least he should be pretty good at building the tension. Maybe we\'ll get to see Jamie Dornan talking to the camera Kevin Spacey style (okay, unlikely).

Both Jamie and Dakota are signed up for both sequels, but Sam Taylor-Johnson revealed in March that she was leaving the franchise, amid rumors of a fall-out with writer EL James.

: "Directing Fifty Shades of Grey has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful. I have Universal to thank for that. I forged close and lasting relationships with the cast, producers and crew and most especially, with Dakota [Johnson] and Jamie [Dornan]. While I will not be returning to direct the sequels, I wish nothing but success to whosoever takes on the exciting challenges of films two and three."

"There was a moment of being afraid because I didn\'t know what it was going to be like. I had an experience with Sam and then it all went away," Dakota has told

It\'s understandable when you consider the amount of nudity involved. After months building up trust and becoming comfortable with one (female) director, they jump ship and you\'ve got to start from scratch.

But Dakota says she\'s concentrating on the benefits of working under a new director. "Now I\'m excited. I think James is a talented filmmaker. How often do you get to reconvene with the same people and have a different spin?"

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