‘Regretting You’: Dave Franco Joins Latest Colleen Hoover Adaptation!!

While one Colleen Hoover adaptation is making waves at the box office, another is building out its call sheet. A new report from Deadline revealed that Dave Franco has joined the cast of Regretting You, the upcoming adaptation of Hoover’s novel of the same name. Mckenna Grace and Allison Williams will also star in the film, and will play the mother/daughter duo of Morgan (Williams) and Clara Grant (Grace). This news comes in the midst of It Ends With Us, the adaptation starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, grossing $50 million domestically and $30 million overseas for a worldwide total of $80 million, all on a reported budget of just $25 million.

Franco will play Jonah in Regretting You, Morgan’s new love interest after she loses her husband. He made a name for himself in the early 2010s starring in raunchy comedies like 21 Jump Street and Neighbors alongside the likes of Channing Tatum and Seth Rogen, and has continued that success by appearing in several high-profile projects over the last several years. Just recently, Franco was credited with an Emmy nomination for his work as a producer on Pam & Tommy, the docudrama series starring Sebastian Stan and Lily James. Franco’s most recent role came in the A24 erotic thriller Love Lies Bleeding, which stars Katy O’Brian and Kristen Stewart and was helmed by Rose Glass.

What Have the Other ‘Regretting You’ Stars Been in Recently?

As for Franco‘s co-stars, Grace is best known for her roles alongside Margot Robbie in I, Tonya and Paul Rudd in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. She can most recently be heard lending her voice to the role of Natalia/Nocturna for one episode of Batman: Caped Crusader, the hit animated series which has been dominating the Prime Video charts since its premiere. She also played Paige Swanson in several episodes of Young Sheldon from 2018-2023.

Williams is best known for her role as Marnie Michaels in the HBO series Girls, but she also teamed up with director Jordan Peele to star opposite Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out. She also played the role of Charlotte in the Netflix original movie The Perfection from writer/director Richard Shepard, and portrayed Gemma in the sci-fi horror thriller M3GAN, which has a sequel on the way that recently got a massive update.

Regretting You does not yet have an official release date.

via Collider

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