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Everything We Know About Amazon’s ‘Verity’ Movie So Far
Amazon MGM Studios' film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's thriller novel "Verity" has moved its theatrical release from 15 May 2026 to 2 October 2026, according to a Deadline report rounding up everything known about the production so far. The film follows the studio's earlier Hoover adaptations, including "It Ends With Us" and the forthcoming "Regretting You," and stars Anne Hathaway as the title character alongside Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett.
The story centres on a ghostwriter, played by Johnson, who moves into the home of an established author, played by Hathaway, to complete her unfinished novels after an accident, only for dark secrets to unravel. Hartnett plays Verity's husband, Jeremy, with a supporting cast including Ismael Cruz Córdova, Brady Wagner, Irina Dvorovenko, K.K. Moggie and Michael Abbott Jr. Michael Showalter, who previously directed Hathaway in "The Idea of You," is attached to the project, and Amazon has released teaser and fuller trailers ahead of the film's release.
In short
- Amazon's "Verity" film delayed from May to October 2026 release
- Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett lead the cast
- Adapts Colleen Hoover's thriller novel; Michael Showalter attached to direct
Explained simply
Colleen Hoover is an American novelist whose romantic dramas and thrillers have been adapted for film. Verity is a psychological thriller about a ghostwriter hired to finish the books of a successful author who can no longer write after an accident.
The story unfolds in the author’s home, where the ghostwriter encounters unsettling secrets involving the author and her husband. Anne Hathaway plays the author, Verity, Dakota Johnson plays the ghostwriter, and Josh Hartnett plays her husband, Jeremy.
The film is part of Amazon MGM Studios’ adaptations of Hoover’s work, following It Ends With Us and Regretting You. Its mix of family relationships and mystery brings Hoover’s thriller to a wider audience through a major studio film.
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