New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- The trailer for Verity, starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett, has generated strong reactions online, with fans praising its unsettling tone, casting and adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestselling psychological thriller.

Hathaway plays Verity Crawford, a successful author who is left unable to complete her bestselling book series following a personal tragedy. Johnson stars as Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling writer who is hired to finish Verity's work.

Lowen moves into the Crawford family's remote estate to work on the unfinished books. However, while staying at the property, she discovers what appear to be Verity's autobiographical notes, including manuscripts that were never intended to be read.

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