The list of Colleen Hoover books that are being adapted into movies keeps growing.
"Regretting You,” which was released in 2019, is the latest title from the bestselling author set to make its way onto the big screen, per Deadline.
Josh Boone (“The Fault in Our Stars”) will direct and Susan McMartin (“After”) will write the script. Constantin Film will oversee the indie adaptation of the novel.
The news was released days after "It Ends With Us," another Hoover adaptation, hit theaters.
Who is in the cast of ‘Regretting You’?
"Girls" star Allison Williams is set to star as Morgan the film adaptation of "Regretting You. Her daughter, Clara, will be played by McKenna Grace.
When is 'Regretting You' coming out?
There’s no official release date yet.
What is ‘Regretting You’ about?
Released in 2019, “Regretting You” is a novel about "family, first love, grief, and betrayal," per the publisher's description.
The book follows Morgan Grant and her 16-year-old daughter Clara, who have “warring personalities and conflicting goals.”
Morgan wants to prevent Clara from repeating the mistakes she once made (getting pregnant and married “way too young”) and Clara thinks her “predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body.”
Chris, Morgan’s husband and Clara’s father, once kept the peace at home but he suddenly dies in a “tragic and questionable accident.”
“While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she’s been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together,” the book description reads.
What other Hoover books have been adapted into films?
“It Ends With Us," starring Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively and has been garnering buzz.
An adaptation of Hoover's thriller "Verity" was announced in May.
