Fifty Shades Freed: Liam Payne, Rita Ora tease collaboration

Singers Rita Ora and Liam Payne have hinted that they will be collaborating on a song for the forthcoming Fifty Shades of Grey film.

Fifty Shades Freed is the third and final installment of the erotic romance trilogy based on the books by British author EL James. It's due for release on February 9, 2018.

Ora uploaded an image to her Twitter of her and Payne, writing, "#FiftyShadesFreed." Payne shared the same photo with the same caption.

#FiftyShadesFreed pic.twitter.com/L9nqhxlxtA

— Rita Ora (@RitaOra) December 20, 2017

Something special #ForYou coming in January... #FiftyShadesFreed @liampayne pic.twitter.com/tyZnDPH8re

— Rita Ora (@RitaOra) December 21, 2017

If things work out, Payne would be the second former One Direction member to croon for the franchise.

Singer Zayn Malik had earlier collaborated with Taylor Swift for Fifty Shades Darker song 'I don't wanna live forever'. The song is being pushed for Oscars 2018 original song category by Universal music. According to the latest release by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the track has made it to the list final 70 songs in contention.

Rita Ora will pull double duty in the third installment. She plays Mia Grey, Christian Grey's sister, in the movie.

(With PTI Inputs)