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Charlie Hunnam stood up for a friend's wedding in Santa Barbara on Saturday, all smiles following the announcement that he dropped out of Fifty Shades of Grey. Suited up with his hair slicked back, he posed for pictures alongside the rest of the bridal party as his friend Ryan Conroy married celebrity publicist Jennifer Betts. During the wedding at Santa Barbara's Bacara Resort, Charlie gave a toast to the happy couple as the groom's best man. That morning, it was reported that Charlie had stepped away from the role of Christian Grey in the buzzed-about Fifty Shades of Grey film adaptation, which was supposed to start filming in early November. Reactions to Charlie leaving have been mixed, but the controversy over the movie casting is nothing new - when Charlie was first announced as the male lead, some fans were disappointed and angry, and Charlie told Entertainment Weekly, "I'm probably not what everybody imagined.

Exclusive: CBS Films has attached Babak Najafi to direct the action thriller Inside The Machine. Najafi, who just helmed Snabba Cash 2 (aka Easy Money 2), will helm a drama that follows an El Paso-based undercover Atf agent who risks his life to destroy a murder-for-hire gang that is run from within a prison by an untouchable criminal mastermind. The script is by Marc Maurino, and Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson of Contrafilms are producing. Vinson called Najafi “an incredibly talented filmmaker who is going to blow audiences away with his ability to deliver an adrenaline-fueled thriller.” Najafiu will work closely with Maurino on developing the script. Najafi made his directorial debut with Sebbe, which won Best Debut Film at Berlin in 2010. He’s separately attached to Unlocked for Endgame. UTA and manager Shelley Browning of Magnolia Entertainment rep him, and CBS’ Mark Ross and Ryan Conroy are overseeing the project.