After Rudy Pankow and Nicholas Duvarney, Bradley Whitford becomes the latest to join the cast of Universal’s Reminders of Him, adapted from Colleen Hoover’s eponymous novel. The film, headlined by Maika Monroe, also stars Tyriq Withers and Lauren Graham.

Vanessa Caswill is the director of the adaptation, which has a script penned by Hoover and Lauren Levine. Reminders of Him revolves around Kenna Rowan, who, after serving a five-year-long sentence in prison for a tragic accident, goes back to her hometown to seek reunion and redemption with her young daughter. She ends up facing resentment from everybody but a local bar owner, Ledger Ward, with whom she develops a blossoming romance. However, the relationship jeopardises her chances of rebuilding her life and healing from past mistakes.

Monroe portrays Kenna, while Whitford will be seen as the father of Kenna’s late boyfriend, Scotty. Whitford’s Patrick Landry and Lauren Graham’s Grace receive the guardianship of Kenna’s daughter after her incarceration.

The adaptation is produced under the Heartbones Entertainment banner by Hoover and Levine and under the Little Engine Productions banner by Gina Matthews. Robin Fisichella will serve as executive producer.

A No. 1 New York Times bestselling novel, Reminders of Him, published in 2022, sold well over 6 million copies. This adaptation comes after Hoover’s It Ends With Us adaptation. In the pipeline are adaptations of Verity and Regretting You.

Whitford, who has won the Emmy award thrice, is known for playing Commander Joseph Lawrence in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. He will next be seen in Worse, an indie rom-com co-starring Amy Landecker. In the pipeline, Whitford also has Netflix’s Death by Lightning.