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Universal Pictures has tapped Vanessa Caswill to direct “Reminders of Him,” an adaptation of Colleen Hoover‘s romance novel.
Caswill’s major credits include Netflix’s 2023 romantic comedy “Love at First Sight,” starring Haley Lu Richardson, as well as two miniseries for the BBC: 2017’s “Little Women,” featuring Maya Hawke, Emily Watson, Michael Gambon and Angela Lansbury, and 2016’s “Thirteen,” led by Jodie Comer.
“Reminders of Him” follows a mother named Kenna Rowan, who returns to her hometown after serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake. She hopes to reconnect with her young daughter, though everyone is intent on keeping them apart. Only one person in the area hasn’t shunned her, and that’s the local bar owner Ledger Ward, who becomes an important part of Kenna’s life. The novel, published in 2022, has sold over 6.5 million copies globally and has been translated into 45 languages.
“I hear from many readers who tell me they found something of themselves in [Kenna Rowan’s] story of living with and through tragedy and doing the often messy and imperfect work of healing and turning the page to a fresh chapter in life,” Hoover said in October when the project was announced.
Popular on Variety Casting has yet to be announced. The film will be released in theaters ahead of Valentine’s Day on Feb. 13, 2026.
“Reminders of Him” is Hoover’s latest novel to get the big screen treatment. A movie version of Hoover’s book “Verity,” starring Anne Hathaway set to star as the title character, in the works at Amazon MGM. The author has been high on Hollywood’s radar after her best-seller “It Ends With Us” was adapted into a film for Sony Pictures. It became a sleeper hit with $344 million at the worldwide box office against a $25 million budget.
