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Colleen Hoover’s bestseller Regretting You is officially heading from bookshelf to film set. Cameras are slated to roll in metro Atlanta on March 3, with Allison Williams and McKenna Grace leading the adaptation as a fractured mother–daughter duo.
The film is based on Hoover’s 2019 novel of the same name, part of the wave of contemporary romances and dramas turning into buzzy screen projects. Paramount acquired rights to Regretting You in 2024, positioning it as a follow‑up to the high‑profile adaptation of Hoover’s It Ends With Us. [source]
Allison Williams and McKenna Grace Tackle a Devastating Family Rift
According to a production listing cited by the Atlanta Journal‑Constitution, the movie centers on Morgan Grant, played by Williams, and her teenage daughter Clara, played by Grace. Morgan became a mother young, shelving her own ambitions to raise Clara. By the time Clara hits her teens, their relationship is already strained.
After a tragic accident kills Chris—Morgan’s husband and Clara’s father—the distance between mother and daughter widens into a painful gulf. Set against what producers call the “vibrant backdrop of Atlanta,” the film promises a “real‑life depiction of mother‑daughter wrangling at its rawest,” leaning into Hoover’s trademark emotional intensity.
Williams brings horror and thriller credentials from Get Out and M3GAN, while Grace is a veteran of emotionally charged genre projects like The Haunting of Hill House. She’s no stranger to Atlanta either, having filmed several projects in the city and currently appearing in Scream 7, also shooting there.
Hoover’s Screen Universe Keeps Expanding
Regretting You is part of a rapidly expanding Hoover screen universe. Universal’s adaptation of Reminders of Him—retitled No te olvidaré in Spanish markets—is slated for a March 2026 release, with Hoover herself co‑writing the script. [source] Fans recently got a first look at that project in the Maika Monroe‑led trailer, which we covered in detail in our breakdown of the Reminders of Him trailer.
On the book side, Hoover’s backlist—including hits like All Your Perfects [source]—continues to dominate romance charts, keeping reader interest high for any adaptation that bears her name. That momentum places Regretting You alongside a crowded slate of 2025–2026 book‑to‑screen projects, from Roald Dahl revamps to buzzy literary dramas like The Electric State and The Friend. [source]
Hoover is also leaning into darker territory with her newly announced 2026 thriller Woman Down, which follows an author destroyed by a toxic film adaptation. We explored how that meta premise collides with her real‑world Hollywood moment in our coverage of Woman Down.
With Regretting You now entering production, Hoover readers won’t be waiting long to see yet another of her emotionally charged stories brought to life—this time through the lens of a mother and daughter trying to hold on to each other through grief, guilt, and long‑buried secrets.
