Book Club‘s Creators on How Fifty Shades of Grey Inspired Their Dream Project

Whatever you did to celebrate Mother’s Day probably wasn’t as great as Bill Holderman’s gift to his mom in 2012. The final book in the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy had just been published, and the Book Club director, co-producer, and co-screenwriter sent the entire set to his mother.

“As sons do, right?” Holderman joked.

Book Club co-producer and co-screenwriter Erin Simms worked with Holderman at a production company at the time and heard about the plan.