Overview
- Amazon MGM Studios released the first teaser Monday following a CinemaCon debut, with footage that leans into a gothic, psychosexual mood featuring a kiss that shifts to Verity and a bite that draws blood.
- The film centers on Lowen Ashleigh, played by Dakota Johnson, a struggling writer hired to finish bestselling author Verity Crawford’s work who finds a disturbing manuscript in the Crawford home.
- Anne Hathaway portrays Verity Crawford and Josh Hartnett plays her husband Jeremy, with the teaser framing their pull on Lowen as desire laced with dread.
- Michael Showalter directs from a script by Nick Antosca, and author Colleen Hoover is credited as a producer.
- The adaptation is set to open in U.S. theaters on October 2, 2026, positioning Verity as a darker entry in a wave of Hoover projects that gained momentum after It Ends With Us drew strong box office returns.