The film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's novel, 'Verity', has premiered, starring Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway. The movie, which also features Josh Hartnett, has been described as a thematic departure from Hoover's previous romance-focused adaptations such as 'It Ends With Us' (2024) and 'Reminders of Him' (2026).
Reviewers have drawn comparisons between 'Verity' and last year's thriller 'The Housemaid', by Freida McFadden, which reportedly earned $400 million globally. The new film is directed by Michael Showalter.
In 'Verity', Johnson plays Lowen Ashleigh, a writer hired to ghostwrite for the incapacitated author Verity Crawford, portrayed by Hathaway. Lowen discovers a memoir containing a confession of a crime while working at the Crawford home.