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‘Verity’ Movie Updates: The Latest About the New Colleen Hoover Book Adaptation
The Colleen Hoover Cinematic Universe is just getting bigger. It Ends with Us became one of the biggest hits of the summer, and now another of Colleen Hoover‘s bestsellers is headed to the big screen. Her widely popular 2018 romantic thriller Verity has already cast a key role.
From what we know about the release date to casting details, here’s the latest about the next Hoover hit to get the adaptation treatment.
When will Verity be released?
Verity does not have a release date yet. Filming won’t get started until 2025, so it’ll likely be late 2025 or early 2026 until the film hits the big screen. Like It Ends with Us, Verity will be released in theaters.
Who has been cast in the Verity movie?
There’s been plenty of fancasting for Verity, and now we know who will play the titular role. Anne Hathaway will play Verity Crawford, a famous author who is left incapacitated after a car accident, according to Variety. She will also produce the film.
The other major roles in Verity are Jeremy Crawford, Verity’s husband, and Lowen Ashleigh, the woman Jeremy hires to finish Verity’s novels. The roles have not been cast, but fans have thrown around names like Theo James and Chris Evans for Jeremy. As for Lowen, fans have been chattering about Victoria Pedretti and Lucy Hale for the role of Lowen.
Michael Showalter, who directed The Idea of You, which starred Hathaway, is directing and producing Verity for Amazon MGM.
What is Verity about?
Without veering too much into spoiler territory, Verity follows Lowen Ashleigh as she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, the husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, hires Lowen to complete the remaining books in his wife’s bestselling series. Verity has been left incapacitated after an accident.
When Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, she discovers an unfinished autobiography written by Verity. As she reads the manuscript, Lowen learns shocking details about Verity and Jeremy. Things get even more complicated as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy deepen, and she begins to wonder if she should let him read his wife’s words.
Are there other Colleen Hoover adaptations in the works?
After the massive success of It Ends with Us, which earned over $340 million at the box office, Hollywood is turning to Hoover’s trove of books for movie inspiration. Reminders of Him will hit theaters in 2026. Regretting You, starring Allison Williams and Dave Franco, is set to start filming in early 2025.
Swooon spoke with author Anna Todd, who is producing Regretting You, about how she pushed for Franco to be cast in the romantic leading man role. “I was wondering how people are going to take it online because he’s not who you would first expect. But once you think about it and see him and think about him being a teacher in a classroom, I knew he was perfect for it,” she said.
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