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Colleen Hoover may be mired in legal drama over It Ends With Us, but Hollywood isn’t slowing down for a second. The BookTok titan, whose novels have racked up more than 20 bestsellers and over a billion TikTok tags for It Ends With Us, now has three very different screen projects lined up: tender mother–daughter saga Regretting You, redemption romance Reminders of Him, and pitch‑black thriller Verity.[1][2]
Regretting You and Reminders of Him Lead Hoover’s Film Wave
The next Hoover story to hit screens is Regretting You, due October 24, 2025. Directed by Josh Boone of The Fault in Our Stars fame, the film stars Allison Williams and McKenna Grace as Morgan and Clara, a mother–daughter duo whose already‑rocky bond shatters after a tragic accident. Dave Franco and Mason Thames round out the cast as their love interests, Jonah and Miller. The adaptation leans into Hoover’s sweet‑and‑angsty wheelhouse, centering grief, family secrets, and the painful work of choosing your own future.
Filming on the Atlanta‑set production is already underway, with set photos teasing intimate family drama rather than blockbuster spectacle.[Internal] For readers who’ve followed Hoover’s rise from self‑published romance author to BookTok juggernaut, it’s a clear sign that her backlist is being mined with serious intent, not just quick cash‑in adaptations.
Next up is Reminders of Him, arriving just in time for Valentine’s Day on February 13, 2026. Universal Pictures is producing, with Maika Monroe in the lead as Kenna Rowan, a young mother fresh out of prison and desperate to reunite with the daughter she’s never known.[3] In a major first, Hoover is co‑writing the screenplay alongside producer Lauren Levine, making this the author’s most hands‑on adaptation yet. Directed by Vanessa Caswill (Love at First Sight), the film promises a mix of small‑town hostility, slow‑burn romance, and big emotional catharsis.
Verity Pushes Hoover Into Dark Thriller Territory
If Regretting You and Reminders of Him are built to make you cry, Verity is designed to make you flinch. Amazon MGM Studios is backing the adaptation of Hoover’s 2018 psychological thriller, with Michael Showalter (The Idea of You) directing and a marquee cast: Anne Hathaway as bestselling author Verity Crawford, Dakota Johnson as struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh, and Josh Hartnett as Verity’s husband, Jeremy.[4]
The story follows Lowen as she moves into the Crawfords’ home to finish Verity’s hit series—only to uncover a hidden manuscript that suggests Verity has been keeping monstrous secrets. Fans are already split over which of Hoover’s infamous twists the film will lean into, but early reactions to the casting show intense excitement for seeing Hoover go full thriller on screen.[5] For readers curious about her darker side, Hoover’s upcoming novel Woman Down—a meta‑thriller about a writer destroyed by a toxic film adaptation—suggests this mood shift isn’t a one‑off.[Internal]
All of this comes as Hoover publicly distances herself from the embattled It Ends With Us movie, saying she’s “almost embarrassed” she wrote it amid the ongoing Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni legal fight.[6] Yet fan appetite for her universe—romances, thrillers and everything in between—remains ferocious. With three adaptations on the way and more than 20 bestsellers still unoptioned, Hoover’s Hollywood takeover is only getting started, controversies and all.
