Amazon MGM Studios has unveiled nan first teaser for Verity, its adjustment of nan bestselling psychological thriller by It Ends pinch Us writer Colleen Hoover.
The film, starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson, is slated to deed theaters connected October 2, and follows Lowen Ashleigh (Johnson), a struggling writer who is hired to complete a successful book bid aft its author, Verity Crawford (Hathaway), is incapacitated. Once wrong nan Crawford home, Lowen becomes entangled pinch Verity’s hubby Jeremy (Josh Hartnett) and uncovers an unfinished manuscript that whitethorn uncover disturbing truths astir nan author.
While Amazon MGM precocious unveiled a trailer for nan movie astatine CinemaCon, arsenic we reported, nan teaser unveiled coming is different.
It finds Lowen stepping into nan acheronian of Verity’s home, pinch nan writer lying ill, successful bed. The camera pans complete to Jeremy, who promptly originates making retired pinch Lowen pinch his woman successful nan room — and eventually, erstwhile Lowen pulls away, we spot that it’s someway Verity herself that she’s getting friendly with.
“Even pinch my generous warning, you’re going to proceed to ingest my words,” Verity tells Lowen successful nan trailer. “But cognize 1 thing: location is nary ray wherever we’re going. Darkness ahead.”
Directed by Michael Showalter, a predominant prosecute of Amazon MGM’s who reteamed Hathaway connected nan heels of their rom-com The Idea of You, Verity besides stars Ismael Cruz Córdova and Brady Wagner. The movie is 1 of a number of book-to-film adaptations based connected nan activity of BookTok arena Hoover, connected nan heels of Sony’s It Ends pinch Us, which collapsed retired arsenic an outsized commercialized occurrence astatine a worldwide gross exceeding $351 million, moreover arsenic a ineligible conflict betwixt nan film’s cardinal creatives Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni threatened to overshadow that success. Paramount followed that movie up quickly pinch Regretting You, a Hoover adjustment starring Allison Williams, Mckenna Grace, Dave Franco and Mason Thames, which grossed complete $90 million. After that came Universal’s Reminders of Him, starring Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers, which did much than $84M successful theaters earlier this year.
Check retired nan trailer for Verity by clicking above.