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Anne Hathaway<\/strong><\/a> is entering the CoHo cinematic universe.<\/span><\/p>\n The Princess Diaries<\/em> star has been cast in the movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover’<\/strong>s<\/a> chilling book Verity<\/em>, the author confirmed on Instagram<\/a> Nov. 20. The film will be directed by The Big Sick <\/em>helmer Michael Showalter<\/strong>, who also led Hathaway in another book-to-movie adaptation: 2024’s <\/a>The Idea of You<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n This time, Hathaway will play fictional author Verity Crawford in the Amazon MGM Studios movie, according to multiple<\/a> outlets<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When Verity is not able to finish her best-selling villain series after suffering a mysterious accident, her husband Jeremy Crawford hires up-and-coming author Lowen Ashleigh to write the final books. But while researching the novels, <\/span>Lowen uncovers several of Verity’s family secrets that make her question reality.<\/span><\/p>\n Additional castings\u2014including for the characters of Lowen and Jeremy\u2014have not been revealed.<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to Hathaway and Showalter, the Verity<\/em> team includes another creative who is all too familiar with the suspense genre: screenwriter Nick Antosca<\/strong>, who created The Act<\/em> (starring Joey King<\/strong><\/a> as Gypsy Rose Blanchard<\/strong><\/a>) and Candy<\/em> (starring Jessica Biel<\/strong><\/a> as Candy Montgomery<\/strong>).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n