Cast expands for Fifty Shades Of Grey sequels

Dark Shadows star Bella Heathcote and The Vampire Diaries' Arielle Kebbel have joined the cast for the sequels to Fifty Shades Of Grey.

Heathcote will star in Fifty Shades Darker and will play Leila Williams, a former submission of Christian Grey, while Kebbel will join for Fifty Shades Freed, she will play Gia Matteo. 

Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, the sequels to Fifty Shades Of Grey, will shoot back to back this year. 

The sequels are to be directed by House Of Cards director James Foley and have scripts from Niall Leonard, husband of the series's creator E. L. James.

Leonard is an experienced TV writer who has written episodes of Monarch of the Glen, Wire in the Blood and Wild at Heart among other things. He takes over writing duties from Kelly Marcel. 

Fifty Shades Darker is due to hit cinemas in February 2017, with Fifty Shades Freed following in February 2018. 

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