Whether you love ’em or hate ’em, book adaptations seem to be incessant in the box office. Within the past two years, It Ends With Us, Regretting You, and Reminders of Him have all received big screen treatment. Verity is the latest to join the growing list of Colleen Hoover page-to-screen adaptations. Amazon MGM reveals on Tuesday, April 28 a first look at the upcoming psychological thriller. Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway play creepy mind games in the teaser trailer for Verity.
I have to admit that Verity appears far creepier than that of its three predecessors. Less romance, more psychological warfare. Johnson stars as Lowen Ashleigh, a writer who is hired to ghostwrite for best-selling author Verity Crawford (Hathaway.) Verity is unable to complete her series due to an accident. The impromptu living arrangement spirals into a nightmare as Lowen uncovers dark secrets about Verity’s past. Simultaneously, Lowen develops feelings for Verity’s husband, Jeremy Crawford (Josh Hartnett.)
The teaser begins with Lowen tip-toeing through the halls late at night. She passes Verity, who appears to be sleeping in her bed. Lowen then shifts her focus to Jeremy, who’s watching TV on the couch. She climbs over him and the two begin kissing; however, when Lowen pulls away, it’s not Jeremy at all. It’s Verity. As a warning, Verity bites Lowen’s lip hard enough to draw blood. She leaves us with a creepy, bloody smile. I have an inkling that this scene may be a stress-induced dream rather than something that actually happened. Whether or not that’s the case, we’ll have to wait and see.
Between Verity and Mother Mary, Hathaway is going dark this year. That’s after she struts off the runway for The Devil Wears Prada 2. Adapted from Colleen Hoover’s novel of the same name, Verity is directed by Michael Showalter and distributed by Amazon MGM.
Hoover’s last on-screen adaptation, Reminders of Him, did fairly well in the box office. The romantic drama stars Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers as tortured lovers. Between flashing images and an eerily disturbing score, Verity exudes an entirely different vibe. See the mind games unfold when the movie hits theaters on October 2, 2026.