Netflix has released a trailer for its upcoming adaptation of Ruth Ware’s The Woman in Cabin 10, which arrives on the streamer Oct. 10.
Keira Knightley stars as Lo Blacklock, a travel journalist on assignment writing about a luxury yacht where something sinister happens.
“I know this is an unusual approach to charity,” Guy Pearce’s Richard tells Blacklock at the beginning of the clip. “Three days on a luxury yacht.
After hearing muffled cries in the middle of the night, she witnesses a passenger thrown overboard, but the next day, the yacht’s captain that there was never a guest staying next door and that all passengers and crew are accounted for. Author Ruth Ware describes Blacklock’s experience as “a woman who experiences something wrong, reports it truthfylly, and isn’t taken seriously because of who she is.”
Suspects include the boat’s other guests — Hannah Waddingham, Art Malik, Kaya Schodelario and more. The film’s ensemble cast also includes Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Morrissey, David Ajala Daniel Ings, Gitte Witt, Christopher Rygh, Pippa-Bennett-Warner, John MacMillan, Paul Kaye, Amanda Collin and Lisa Loven Kongsli.
“These people run the world,” Ajala tells Knightley’s character. “Don’t piss them off.”
While looking for answers, Lo herself gets pushed over a railing and into the yacht’s pool by a set of gloved hands.
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Simon Stone directs from a screenplay he wrote with Joe Scrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, in turn based on an adaptation of Ware’s novel by Emma Frost. Producers include Debra Hayward and Ilda Diffley. Executive producers include Cindy Holland and Richard Hewitt.
Ware published a sequel to her original psychological thriller, The Woman in Suite 11, July 3, 2025. Protagonist Blacklock returns as the main character.
Find more stills from the film below:
L-R: Hannah Waddingham as Heidi and David Morrissey as Thomas in ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’
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Guy Pearce as Richard Bullmer in ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’
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L-R: Keira Knightley as Lo and David Ajala as Ben in ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’
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L-R: John Macmillan as Captain Addis and Keira Knightley as Lo Blacklock in ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’
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Keira Knightley as Lo in ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’
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