Colleen Hoover fans will have to wait until a bit later in 2026 to see the feature adaptation of the author’s best-selling thriller novel Verity.

Amazon MGM Studios has set director Michael Showalter‘s film for wide theatrical release on Oct. 2, 2026, after having previously dated the project for May 15, 2026. Anne Hathaway leads a cast that also includes Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett, Ismael Cruz Cordóva and Brady Wagner.

Director Alejandro Iñárritu’s untitled Warner Bros. movie starring Tom Cruise is also set for release on Oct. 2, 2026.

Nick Antosca wrote the Verity script following the previous work of scribes Hillary Seitz, Angela LaManna and the team of Will Honley and April Maguire. Producers include Hathaway, Hoover, Showalter, Antosca, Alex Hedlund, Stacey Sher and Jordana Mollick.

Verity centers on struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh (Johnson), who is hired by Jeremy Crawford (Hartnett) to complete the remaining books in a series penned by his wife, author Verity Crawford (Hathaway), after she suffers a mysterious accident. Lowen soon learns that a secret unfinished manuscript may reveal clues about the family’s past.

Hoover’s works are hot properties in Hollywood following the success of last summer’s Sony hit It Ends With Us, which adapted the author’s novel with stars Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and Brandon Sklenar. Hoover self-published Verity in 2018 before Grand Central Publishing acquired it in 2021, and the book went on to become a New York Times bestseller.

Showalter previously directed Hathaway in 2024’s Amazon MGM Studios feature The Idea of You, which co-starred Nicholas Galitzine and adapted Robinne Lee’s novel of the same name.