THE RUNDOWNAnne Hathaway is taking some time away from the spotlight. The actress announced her “disappearance” with a playful video tied to her Verity press tour. Hathaway has previously joked about vanishing after the release of her fifth film this year.Anne Hathaway has debatably had the busiest year in film.The New York actress starred in five movies this year: The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Odyssey, Mother Mary, The End of Oak Street, and her latest—Verity. Now, she’s taking a well-deserved break.After a whirlwind year, the actress has followed through on her promise to step away from the spotlight for a bit. On October 2, the day Verity arrived in theaters, Hathaway shared a playful video on Instagram teasing her exit from public view.In the video, Hathaway begins by talking about heading to the film’s premiere. She then starts to say what will happen on October 3 before she suddenly vanishes from the frame.View full post on InstagramA member of her team then enters and asks where she went, while the video cuts to mock headlines announcing Hathaway’s disappearance. At the end, she thanks her fans for their support.“Thank you everyone for your support, and for making this an incredible, unforgettable year,” she wrote.The bit is a callback to something Hathaway said earlier in the Verity press tour. In a September interview with Entertainment Tonight, the mother of three said, “The movie comes out October 2 and on October 3 I’m going to, like, vanish in a plume of smoke and you’re not gonna see me until you have to.”“I’m definitely gonna disappear and take some time off,” she added.Fear not, though. Hathaway’s “disappearance” isn’t a permanent one. She has already indicated that her break has an end date: March 2027, when she plans to join Tom Cruise for the next Days of Thunder movie.View full post on XVerity, the psychological thriller based on Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, is Hathaway’s final release of 2026 in what has been an epic run, to say the least. The pace of the year has been particularly notable given the amount of promotion attached to each project.In conversation with Vogue at the Verity premiere, Hathaway acknowledged the sheer scale of it all: “Five is a lot,” she said, while noting that “everything has not been effortless,” and acknowledging the help she’s received. “There’s been an army of people behind me at every step, and I’m just really lucky.”“This year has all been really amazing,” she continued. “For most actors, we are lucky to get one film a year, but to have a year that’s been ridiculously overly blessed, I’m appreciating every second of it.”