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An upcoming addition to the Colleen Hoover cinematic universe now has a star.
Anne Hathaway is set to lead in the Amazon MGM Studios adaptation of the author’s bestselling novel Verity, according to Deadline.
Hathaway will be reuniting with director Michael Showalter, who previously collaborated with her on The Idea of You.
A release date for the film has not been announced.


Verity follows struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh as she accepts a job to complete the thriller novels of famed author Verity Crawford (Hathaway), who was injured in a mysterious accident.
Ashleigh soon discovers an unfinished manuscript among Crawford’s work that contains chilling and lurid details about the author’s family.
The novel became massively popular after American author Hoover self-published it in 2018, its success driven in part by her fan base on BookTok, a literary subcommunity of TikTok.
It was on The New York Times bestsellers list for months and sold more than 935,000 copies in 2023 alone.
The casting news comes after the box-office success of It Ends with Us, which debuted in cinemas in August. The film, starring Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively, was the first book-to-screen adaptation for Hoover and grossed over US$340 million internationally.
Other Hoover novels in the works to become movies are Regretting You, about a mother and daughter’s relationship in the aftermath of grief, and Reminders of Him, about a young mother picking up the pieces of her life after a five-year stint in prison.


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Anne Hathaway reportedly to lead Verity, latest Colleen Hoover movie adaptation

Anne Hathaway attends the National Board of Review annual awards gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York in January. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Jodi Picoult novel the most banned book in US schools; Atwood, Alice Walker close behind

Jodi Picoult’s novel about a school shooting, Nineteen Minutes, is the most banned book in schools in the United States, according to PEN America. Photo: Instagram/@berlinbookbriefs

Author Jodi Picoult, whose novel Nineteen Minutes is the most banned book in US schools, according to PEN America. Photo: AP

The cover of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale, one of the most banned books in schools in the United States. Photo: Instagram/@blacksunbookreviews

Why Trump biopic The Apprentice was censored in Hong Kong

Sebastian Stan in a still from The Apprentice. The film also features Martin Donovan as 
Donald Trump’s father, Charlie Carrick as older brother Fred Jnr, Maria Bakalova as Trump’s first wife Ivana, and Jeremy Strong as mentor Roy Cohn.

Maria Bakalova and Sebastian Stan in a still from The Apprentice.

Jeremy Strong in a still from The Apprentice.

Wu Kang-ren in a still from The Chronicles of Libidoists.

Is this the future of bookstores? At these in Japan, anyone can rent a shelf to sell books

A rented shelf at the Honmaru bookstore in Kanda Jimbocho, Tokyo. Photo: AFP

Rokurou Yui checks shelves at one of his three shelf-sharing bookstores in Tokyo’s Kanda Jimbocho district, known for its booksellers. Under a new business model, anyone can rent a shelf to sell books, new and used, giving readers more eclectic choices than those suggested by algorithms online. Photo: AFP

Shelves at the Honmaru store in Kanda Jimbocho, Tokyo, where anyone can rent a shelf to sell books. Photo: AFP

Rokurou Yui, president of book review site All Reviews, operates three shelf-sharing bookstores in Tokyo’s Kanda Jimbocho district, known for its booksellers. “Here there is no single book that we have to sell,” he says. Photo: AFP

Books for sale on a rented shelf at Shogo Imamaru’s Honmaru store. Renters pay as little as US$32 per month. Photo: AFP

Anne Hathaway’s weight loss journey: anti-inflammatory diet, intense exercise key to actress’ transformation for Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises

Anne Hathaway at a Valentino fashion show in Rome, Italy, in 2022. The actresshas talked about how she lost weight for her various movie roles. Photo: Getty Images

Hathaway as Catwoman in a still from The Dark Knight Rises. Photo: Warner Bros

To control her blood sugar, Hathaway ate avocados, almonds, sesame seeds, plain chocolate, bright red and orange vegetables high in antioxidants like yams, dark leafy greens, plus ginger and turmeric. Photo: Shutterstock

Hathaway on the set of The Devil Wears Prada. Photo: Getty Images 

Hathaway in a still from Les Misérables. Photo: Universal Pictures

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Actress to play lead role in adaptation of Hoover’s Verity, about a struggling writer. Hoover adaptation It Ends With Us is a box office hit


Actress to play lead role in adaptation of Hoover’s Verity, about a struggling writer. Hoover adaptation It Ends With Us is a box office hit.


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