As a Wayans family superstan, waiting for the spoof Fifty Shades of Black had my panties in a bunch tighter than Anastasia’s… dignity. The comedy stars Marlon Wayans as business tycoon Mr. Black, who begins dating a college reporter (Kali Hawk). Open Road Films has debuted the Fifty Shades of Black Red Band trailer, which you can check out below!
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Fifty Shades of Black has been assigned to a late January release which, at least on paper, doesn’t necessarily ascribe any lofty box office expectations to Michael Tiddes’ spoof flick.
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Still, that doesn’t mean the comedy is anything to write home about, and it doesn’t quite measure up to the solid parodying efforts in Scary Movie and Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. Fifty Shades of Black, as truly unfunny as it looks, could still have more potential than an awkard, non-sexy Fifty Shades of Grey, that had less sex scenes in it than an episode of Sesame Street. The film – which also includes appearances by Mike Epps, Andrew Bachelor, Affion Crockett, Jane Seymour, Fred Willard, Florence Henderson and Jenny Zigrino – triggered a bidding war at Cannes Film Festival.
