'Fifty Shades' director Taylor-Johnson bows out.

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LOS ANGELES -- Sam Taylor-Johnson will not be returning to direct the sequels to "Fifty Shades of Grey,'' she announced Wednesday night.

"Directing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful,'' she said in a statement to industry site Deadline in which she thanked Universal Pictures.

Taylor-Johnson's $40 million adaptation of author E L James' erotic novel has grossed a staggering $558 million worldwide...

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