To be clear, Verity is not a rom-com—it fits squarely in the Hoover wheelhouse of dark and twisty romantic drama. (Dark and twisty in a soap opera way, not in, like, a Paul Verhoeven way.) Hathaway will play the titular character Verity Crawford,

Anne Hathaway is set to star in Amazon MGM Studios' adaptation of Colleen Hoover's Verity, to be directed by Michael Showalter.

Anne Hathaway and director Michael Showalter, who last teamed on Amazon's streaming hit "The Idea of You," are back for Amazon MGM Studios' "Verity," an adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestseller. The script is being written by Nick Antosca,