Is Verity Really Sick or Something Worse | Dayton News

Dayton News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 11, 2026 · 1m

Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett star in the chilling new thriller “Verity,” based on Colleen Hoover’s novel. Hathaway plays a reclusive author seemingly paralyzed by illness, while Johnson steps into her role to finish unfinished manuscripts — only to uncover a sinister secret. Flashbacks reveal Hathaway’s character with an eerie, haunting presence, whispering that her words must be “honest and bloody and a little bit terrifying.” As Johnson grows closer to Hartnett’s character — Verity’s husband — the line between reality and manipulation blurs. With a warning of “only…