The American writer Colleen Hoover confirmed that Anne Hathaway will star and Michael Showalter direct the film adaptation of his best-seller “Verity” . She made a post on Facebook celebrating the news on Wednesday night (20).
“Anne Hathaway as Verity! Michael Showalter directing. ‘Verity’ is coming to theaters and I’m so excited about the cast, script, director and entire crew bringing it to life. I can’t wait. More news coming soon,” he wrote.
The news had initially been revealed by the Deadline portal. This will be Hoover’s second book adapted for the big screen. This year, the film “This Is How It Ends” premiered in theaters.
The plot follows Verity Crawford, a best-selling author responsible for a successful series. She is at the height of her career when she suffers an accident that leaves her unable to complete the story. As a result, Lowen Ashleigh, a writer on the verge of bankruptcy, is invited to write, under a pseudonym, the three remaining books in Verity’s already consolidated series.
In order to better understand the creative process, Lowen decides to spend a few days at the Crawford house, where he finds a kind of autobiography in which the writer narrates the events that happened from the day she met Jeremy, her husband, until the moments before her death. accident.
“Verity” It spent weeks on The New York Times bestseller list and sold more than a million in one year. In Brazil, published by Galera Record, it was the sixth best-selling fiction book in 2023. Currently, the work is part of the Top 10 for the 1st half of 2024 – Hoover has four titles in the ranking.
THE CNN Hoover, who recently saw “That’s How It Ends” come to life on movie screens, revealed that she is excited about adapting the thriller.
“I think Blake [Lively] and the team did a great job adapting [‘É Assim Que Acaba’]so it makes me really excited to move forward with other books. I’m really excited that ‘Verity’ is about to be adapted. I’m so happy to be able to see it come to life on screen.”
“I’m personally a fan of suspense. It will be such a different project from this one. Going from such a tragic and emotional love story to a really dark thriller. It will be interesting,” he added.
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This content was originally published in Colleen Hoover confirms Anne Hathaway in “Verity”: “More news coming soon” on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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