Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett film ‘Verity’ in bloody NYC set photos
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It continues with them. 

Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett are getting bloody on the set of “Verity,” the latest movie adaptation from author Colleen Hoover. 

The actors were photographed getting into character for the upcoming 2026 drama in NYC on Wednesday.  

The “Fifty Shades of Grey” star, 35, appeared to be filming a scene from the book, where her character witnesses someone getting hit by a truck. 

Johnson plays the role of Lowen Ashleigh in the movie “Verity,” while the character Jeremy Crawford is portrayed by Hartnett, who is 46 years old. The title character is played by Anne Hathaway, who is 42 years old.

“Excited is an understatement” Hoover wrote in a December Instagram post announcing the movie’s cast. 

“Verity” is a romantic thriller about struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh (Johnson), who is given an opportunity to finish famous author Verity Crawford’s (Hathaway) book series while Verity is paralyzed, and moves in with Verity and her husband, Jeremy (Hartnett).

During the process, Lowen stumbles on Verity’s unfinished autobiography that’s filled with shocking revelations indicating that Verity isn’t as nice as everyone thinks – and might be a murderer. Lowen and Jeremy are also attracted to each other, despite the fact that he’s married. 

Michael Showalter, who directed Hathaway’s last popular romcom “The Idea of You,” is directing. 

In February, Hartnett and Hathaway were also spotted on set holding hands and running down a sidewalk, smiling and dressed in formal clothes. 

This role continues a renaissance for Hartnett, who rose to fame in the 90s and early 2000s with roles like 2001’ “Pearl Harbor” and 1999’s “The Virgin Suicides” before he moved away from Hollywood with his English wife, Tamsin Egerton, 36, and took on lower profile projects.

He’s returned to bigger roles recently in the Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” and the 2024 film “Trap.” 

In an August 2024 interview in “Interview Magazine,” Hartnett said that his choice to step back from the spotlight was about “just plain sanity.” 

“In the late ’90s and early 2000s…if you were named as one of these interesting people in celebrity culture, it was then the press’s mission to tear you apart,” he said.

“On top of that, I felt like the celebrity culture was really vacuous. I wasn’t going to be on ‘Cribs,’ you know? I wasn’t going to be doing ‘Punk’d.” I wasn’t interested in any of that. I wanted to be myself amongst people that I knew, so I was able to revert back to my family and friends in Minnesota.”

He has also previously talked about being “stalked” by fans.

Before “Verity,” the last adaptation of a Colleen Hoover book ended in disaster, with a long and bitter legal battle between “It Ends With Us” stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni that remains ongoing. 

“Verity” doesn’t yet have an announced release date.

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