Everything to Know About Verity: Verity, the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s psychological thriller novel by the same name, is arriving in theatres on October 2, 2026, bringing one of the bestsellers to the big screen.
The film is star-studded with Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett at the centre of the domestic darkness. Before the doors to the Crawford estate are opened and everyone collectively has things to say, here is everything to know about Verity.
Everything to Know About Verity: What Is It About?
Verity movie shows Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling writer whose life is already neither giving financial stability nor emotional peace. Lowen is hired to ghostwrite the remaining books in a successful series by author Verity Crawford, who is unable to complete it after an accident.
She moves into the Crawford family estate to work alongside Verity’s husband, Jeremy Crawford. She discovers what appears to be Verity’s autobiographical manuscript: a collection of disturbing confessions that seem to reveal horrifying details about the Crawford family and Jeremy.
Suddenly, Lowen is trying to figure out whether what she found is fiction, confession or something worse.
Verity Cast
The cast of the Verity movie is something that becomes a pull factor, perhaps.
Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway plays the titular role of Verity Crawford, the bestselling author at the centre of Lowen’s increasingly disturbing discoveries and Hathaway playing an author whose entire personality may or may not be hiding behind layers of performance would be an exciting watch.
Dakota Johnson
Dakota Johnson plays Lowen in Verity, the writer who arrives at the Crawford estate for ghostwriting Verity Crawford’s remaining part of a series. Johnson’s character appears to be the audience’s entry point into the Crawford world, as she is the outsider walking into a family that has a past. Her discovery of the manuscripts changes everything.
John Hartnett
John Hartnett is Jeremy Crawford, Verity’s husband in the film.
Other Cast Members
IMDb also lists Ismael Cruz Cordova, Brady Wagner, Asel Swango, and Daniel Echevarria along with Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and John Hartnett.
Who Is Behind the Movie?
The movie is directed by Michael Showalter, whose filmography includes The Big Sick, The Eyes of Tammy Faye and The Idea of You, while the screenplay is credited to Nick Antosca. The film is based on Colleen Hoover’s book, and she is also a producer of the adaptation, making her involvement perhaps more hands-on than simply watching her book get Hollywood wings.
The film’s executive producers include Dakota Johnson, Lauren Levine, and Kerry Orent.
What Is the Rating for Verity?
Verity is rated “R” for sexual content, language, bloody images, nudity and violence. The classification can differ by country; e.g., Australia’s classification lists the film as “MA 15+”.
So yes, Verity is very much an adult psychological thriller and not a cosy book-club adaptation where everyone has something to learn from.
When Is Verity Releasing?
Verity is scheduled to hit the theatres on October 2, 2025.
Indian listings, including BookMyShow, also currently list October 2, 2026 as the theatrical release date. So, yes, Indian readers can also mark their calendars for October 2 as the Crawford family drama is coming to the big screen.
Should You Read the Book Before Watching Verity?
If you have read the novel, you will perhaps enter the theatre carrying a certain amount of knowledge about the story and its twists, but the adaptation reportedly makes changes to the characters, storylines and the erotic dynamics.
If you have not read it, you get to experience the movie without knowing exactly which pieces have been moved around. So, either way, the biggest question remains the same: “How much of Verity Crawford’s story should one really believe?” and perhaps that is the reason to watch the film without trying to solve every single thing from the trailer.
A movie has always been less interesting when you know exactly where the truth ends and the performance begins.
Why Verity Is One of October’s Most Anticipated Adaptations
The set-up itself seems inherently cinematic: isolated estate; a famous writer; a younger writer brought in to finish her work; a husband with secrets; a manuscript that may completely rewrite the equations.
Add to the premise Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett, and suddenly the Crawford estate becomes an expensive haunted house, except that the ghost may be memories, lies and people who are good at manipulating the truth.
Verity is ultimately built around one uncomfortable question: “What if the story you discovered was never meant to be found?” and if you already know the book, you know why October 2 can become a little stressful cinema outing.
Verity hits the theatres on October 2, 2026. Watch Verity’s official trailer on YouTube.
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