Anne Hathaway has spoken publicly for the first time about her forthcoming adaptation of Caro Claire Burke’s bestselling novel Yesteryear. Her comments have come months after online speculation linked her to the book’s authorship and amid a wider critical divide over the debut. Burke dismantled the rumor by referencing a Substack review where the writer admitted they had not read Yesteryear yet remained “pretty certain” Anne Hathaway was the ghostwriter. Film rights take longer to finalise than book rights. Hathaway produces through Somewhere Pictures and stars as Natalie, a tradwife influencer who wakes up in the 19th century.