‘Verity’: Anne Hathaway to Lead Next Colleen Hoover Adaptation!!

After the success of The Idea of You, director Michael Showalter and star Anne Hathaway have their next project – an adaptation of Colleen Hoover‘s bestselling potboiler Verity. Deadline reports that the duo will make the film for Amazon MGM Studios.

Verity, which was first published in 2018, centers around Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling writer who’s facing down financial oblivion until she gets the offer of a lifetime; Jeremy Crawford, the husband of bestselling novelist Verity Crawford, hires her to complete his wife’s last book, which she is unable to finish after suffering debilitating injuries in a mysterious accident. However, at the Crawford home, as she pages through Verity’s notes, Lowen uncovers secrets far more shocking than the plot twists in Verity’s novels.

On top of that, she’s starting to fall for Jeremy, making her wonder how much she should let him know about his wife’s secrets. Hathaway is set to play Verity, with the rest of the cast as-yet unannounced. The oeuvre of Hoover is a hot commodity in Hollywood as of late, with the Blake Lively-starring adaptation of It Ends With Us grossing nearly $350 million USD at the global box office this summer. Thus, Deadline reports that Verity is destined for a theatrical release, as well.

What Has Anne Hathaway Starred In Lately?

Hathaway has had a busy few years on both the big and small screens. Last year, she starred in the psychological thriller Eileen, with Thomasin McKenzie, and the romantic comedy She Came to Me with Peter Dinklage and Marisa Tomei. This year, she faced off against Jessica Chastain in the thriller Mother’s Instinct, and romanced boy-band singer Nicholas Galitzine in The Idea of You. She also took on a rare TV lead appearance as disgraced WeWork executive Rebekah Neumann on Apple TV+‘s WeCrashed. Next year, she is slated to appear in the David Robert Mitchell science fiction film Flowervale Street, opposite Ewan McGregor, and will star with Michaela Coel and Hunter Schafer in the melodrama Mother Mary. She is also set to reprise her first-ever big-screen role as Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries 3 .

Verity will be written by Nick Antosca (Brand New Cherry Flavor); earlier drafts were written by Hillary Seitz, Angela LaManna, and Will Honley & April Maguire. It will be produced by Eat the Cat’s Antosca and Alex Hedlund, Semi-Formal Productions’ Showalter and Jordana Mollick, Somewhere Pictures’ Hathaway, Heartbones Entertainment’s Hoover and Shiny Penny‘s Stacey Sher. Heartbones’ Lauren Levine will executive produce.