After a highly tamed “Fifty Shades of Grey,” fans hope that the next “Fifty Shades Darker” is raunchier.

After a highly successful opening weekend, the E.L. James-adapted film received backlash for its tame sex scenes. The reason for this was that the book is extremely sexual and includes a number of S&M scenes and very descriptive language. However, the film contained scenes that were very calculated and safe.

Several rumors have claimed that “Fifty Shades Darker” will include more explicit sex and raunchier scenes. However, it will be interesting to see if the studio actually takes a risk. Universal hopes to reach an R rating, which can be tough to get if a film has too much sex. For example, “Blue Valentine,” which included one scene of fellatio, was rated NC-17. The rating was overthrown after an appeal. However, that film only contained one real sex scene.

“Blue Is Warmest Color” was rated NC-17 for its explicit 10-minute sex scene, and, as a result, IFC was unable to go too wide with the film because certain locations refused to screen it. The same thing happened with Steve McQueen’s “Shame.” Both films, while highly acclaimed, were prevented from truly having a stand-out box office because their sex scenes were deemed to explicit in some locations.

“Nymphomaniac” opted for no rating, so Magnolia decided on releasing the film on both theatrical and on demand platforms. However, it is important to know that these aforementioned films had smaller budgets than the “Fifty Shades” franchise and had smaller audiences as well.

An NC-17 rating would prevent Universal from making over $100 million and perhaps limit the audience of the popular books, therefore the film is likely to contain some more sex scenes but will likely be as controlled and tame as the first film.

“Fifty Shades Darker” will be released on Feb. 10, 2017 and stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson and currently has no director. The film continues Christian’s story as he wrestles with his inner demons and Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her.