Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham Join Netflix's ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’

Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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Guy Pearce , Hannah Waddingham , Gugu Mbatha-Raw and more have joined Netflix’s feature adaptation of Ruth Ware’s bestselling mystery “The Woman in Cabin 10,” starring Keira Knightley.

Netflix confirmed that the cast includes Pearce from “Memento,” Waddingham from “Ted Lasso,” Daniel Ings from “The Gentlemen,” David Morrissey from “Sherwood,” Kaya Scodelario, also from “The Gentlemen” and the “Maze Runner” franchise, and Mbatha-Raw from “The Morning Show.” Additionally, the ensemble features David Ajala, Art Malik, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Gitte Witt, Christopher Rygh, and Pail Kaye.

The film follows a travel journalist (Knightley) who is sent to cover a story on a luxury yacht when she is woken up in the middle of the night by screams. Looking for the source of the trouble, she witnesses a passenger being thrown overboard in her neighboring cabin. The next day her testimony goes unnoticed as everyone in the ship is accounted for and present. What happens next sets the storyline for a nerve-wracking thriller.

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Simon Stone, known for his work on Netflix's historical drama “The Dig,” starring Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes and Lily James, will direct the film. Sister, a production company co-founded by Elizabeth Murdoch and Jane Featherstone and led by CEO Cindy Holland, will produce the film alongside Debra Hayward. Sister's Ilda Diffley serves as executive producer.

Pearce is set to appear in David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds” and Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist.” Waddingham was featured in “The Fall Guy” and will be seen in “Mission: Impossible 8.” Mbatha-Raw recently starred in the “Loki” series and Netflix’s film “Lift.”

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