EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios‘ huge characteristic take of Colleen Hoover‘s Verity from Michael Showalter and starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett, is now happening Oct. 2, 2026.
The primary weekend is October has been a wealthy launch pad for femme thriller films, notably these based mostly on bestsellers, i.e. 2014’s Gone Woman ($37.5M) and 2016’s The Woman on the Practice ($24.5M opening).
Verity will face off with Warner Bros’ untitled Tom Cruise film from Alejandro G. Iňárritu.
The studio first confirmed off the trailer to Verity at CinemaCon again in April at their first huge splash in Caesars Palace Colosseum Theatre.
Pic follows struggling author Lowen Ashleigh who’s employed as a ghostwriter for famend creator Verity Crawford underneath mysterious circumstances. However her task takes a darkish flip after discovering chilling autobiographical notes. Confronted with a sequence of lethal household secrets and techniques, Lowen struggles to separate fiction from actuality, whereas additionally blurring the strains with Verity’s husband, Jeremy. Ismael Cruz Cordóva and Brady Wagner additionally star.
Nick Antosca tailored with earlier scribes being Hoover & Lauren Levine, Hillary Seitz, Angela LaManna, and Will Honley & April Maguire. Producers are Antosca, Alex Hedlund, Stacey Sher, Showalter, Jordana Mollick, Hathaway and Hoover. EPs are Johnson, Lauren Levine and Kerry Orent.
Manufacturing Firms are Eat the Cat, Semi-Formal Productions, Shiny Penny, Someplace Footage and Heartbones Leisure.
Earlier launch date for Verity was Could 15, 2026. Verity leaves behind an untitled NEON theatrical launch on that date.
Amazon MGM Studios’ Venture Hail Mary trailer lately notched 400M world views in a single week, probably the most ever for a non-sequel, unique film per WaveMetrix.