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While you might not know what you'll be doing tonight at 8pm, the marketing team behind the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy knows what they want you to be doing on February 10th, 2017. Yes, it's only been a little over two months since the release of the first movie, but the seemingly incessant teasing for the sequel, Fifty Shades Darker, has already begun. In the short, premature snippet, a suited-up Christian Grey is getting ready for a masquerade. The accompanying text asks the question "Are you ready for something darker?" Do we have a choice?
Exclusive #FiftyShadesDarker tease on the #FiftyShades Blu-ray. Get it on Amazon now: http://t.co/LuXUw69UxM pic.twitter.com/C59qFfCNo1
— Fifty Shades of Grey (@FiftyShades) April 24, 2015