Angelina Jolie to Direct 50 Shades of Grey Movie and Other Hot Summer Rumors

Take one of Hollywood's most controversial actresses and an erotic bestselling trilogy that started out as "Twilight" fan fiction and what do you get? A rumor gone viral that Angelina Jolie may direct the movie version of "50 Shades of Grey."

But as observers of the edgy actress, director and do-gooder well know, Jolie is as likely to direct the movie as she is to join the PTA.

Rumors started swirling last week when Deadline reported the "Salt" actress was in talks to direct the movie, despite the fact that Universal Pictures denied it flat out. Jolie's people squashed the story, too, claiming she's already begun her next project, Disney's "Maleficent," and not looking for more work.

Yet with the image of dollar signs the size of Harry Potter's eyeglasses dancing in their heads, movie studio execs left the door open for the "Salt" actress to direct its potential box office pay day based on the books dubbed as "housewife porn," for which it paid over a million dollars. It praised Jolie's directorial debut, "In the Land of Blood and Honey," which earned the U.N. goodwill ambassador a Golden Globe nomination but grossed only $303,877 worldwide.

The "50 Shades of Grey" job is not the only recent rumor about Jolie. OK! magazine stirred the pot when it claimed Brad Pitt could be having second thoughts about marrying the mother of his six children. The gossip mag created a cloud of suspicion around there being no wedding date and claimed the "Moneyball" actor was "suddenly procrastinating."

Another favorite rumor target, Jennifer Lopez, was also the subject of recent OK! innuendo. The magazin! e claimed the "American Idol" judge feels used by boy toy Casper Smart and plans to cut off his $10,000 weekly allowance to see if he stick around. Of course, there is no evidence that J-Lo even gives her much younger boyfriend any allowance, no less ten grand a week. But the Demi Moore wannabe did buy him a Dodge Ram pick-up truck for his 25th birthday, which is far more extravagant than the $50 video game most guys Casper's age get at their annual cakefest.

Despite their audacity, both the Jolie and Lopez rumors are tame compared to the sizzler spread about actor Leonardo DiCaprio by The National Enquirer. The tabloid recently alleged the "Titanic" star is using his A-list status to demand that actresses tagged to do screen tests with him for his upcoming movie, "The Wolf of Wall Street," will have to audition in the nude.

If that rumor proves correct, it will give new meaning to the phrase naked truth.

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