Colleen Hoover’s ‘Reminders of Him’ to be directed by Vanessa Caswill

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Love at first sight filmmaker Vanessa Caswill will direct the next great Colleen Hoover novel for the big screen, Reminders of him, at Universal Pictures.

The pic is set for a Valentine’s Day release on Friday, February 13, 2026. Warner Bros’ recently moved their MRC Emerald Fennell shoot of Wuthering Heights with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi on the date. Who says two female queer tentpoles can’t compete against each other? Evil and Moana 2 proved that all boats can rise in such circumstances.

Reminders of him is a film about motherhood, forgiveness and the power of one love to heal even the most broken heart. Hooever and Lauren Levine adapted the novel into a film. The film is produced by Hoover and Levine for their production company, Heartbones Entertainment. First released in 2022, Reminders of him has sold more than 6 million copies in the United States and is a bestseller worldwide.

This past summer, the film adaptation of Hoover’s It ends with us became a box office phenomenon for women, opening to a surprise $50m. at the state and finished at $148.5M. domestic and $351 million. WW. Hoover’s other novels include It starts with us, Layla, Heart bones, Admit, regrets you and Truth. Truth is in the process of feature film processing with The idea of ​​you the duo of Anne Hathaway and Michael Showalter attached to star and direct, respectively. regrets you is also being adapted for the big screen, starring Allison Williams, McKenna Grace and Dave Franco, among others.

Caswill directed the Haley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy and Rob Delaney Netflix romantic drama film Love at first sight which follows a 20-year-old girl who misses her flight at JFK Airport and meets a young British guy who may turn out to be her true love. She also directed the Julia Ormond 2019 miniseries Gold digger as well as episodes of Little Women miniseries.

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Caswill is repped by CAA and 42 Universal Director of Production Development Christine Sun will oversee the project.