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Keira Knightley was asked about signing onto an upcoming Harry Potter project during a recent publicity stop. The actress was promoting her new Netflix thriller The Woman in Cabin 10 when she was questioned about playing a role in the lavish new audiobook productions of the Harry Potter novels, Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions. The production has cast more …

Actor Keira Knightley apologized for lending her voice in the new “Harry Potter” audiobooks after she was told some fans are boycotting the book and film series over author J.K. Rowling’s transphobic remarks. “I was not aware of [a boycott] ― no,” Knightley told Decider over the weekend. “I am very sorry,” she added with a laugh. She continued: “I …

While many of her peers and fans boycott the Harry Potter universe, Keira Knightley appears to have avoided the fiery discourse around the franchise. After Deadline reported last month that Knightley will voice Professor Umbridge in Pottermore Publishing and Audible‘s Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions, the 2x Oscar nominee pleaded ignorance around the backlash sparked by author J.K. Rowling‘s …

Keira Knightley said that she was “not aware” of demands to boycott JK Rowling prior to joining the cast of the new audiobook versions of the Harry Potter series. Knightley was speaking to Decider to promote her new Netflix movie The Woman in Cabin 10 (in which she plays a Guardian reporter), and was asked if she knew that “some …

Similar to its book-to-film predecessors “The Girl on the Train” and “The Woman in the Window,” “The Woman in Cabin 10” also features a gaslit woman who’s forced to solve a mystery on her own after witnessing a suspicious incident. And much like the aforementioned beach-reads-turned-Hollywood-thrillers, director-co-writer Simon Stone’s adaptation for Netflix also suffers from major missteps by the mid-point, …

In the interest of full disclosure, I like my shipboard murder mysteries with an all-star cast and at least a soupçon of camp. That makes it hard to top the high-water mark of the 1978 Death on the Nile, with the delicious feast of Bette Davis and Maggie Smith swapping acid-tongued barbs and Angela Lansbury in full dotty-eccentric glory; or …

As it happens, ITV drama The Hack isn’t the only dramatisation of the Guardian’s investigatory journalism right now. There is also this … erm … entirely bizarre mystery thriller from Netflix, adapted from a novel by Ruth Ware, about an intrepid Guardian reporter called Laura Blacklock, played by Keira Knightley. Fresh off a lid-lifting scoop about Kurdish children, she is …

Pottermore Publishing and Audible have added ten to the cast of the Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions. Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) will voice Professor Lockhart; Keira Knightley (Black Doves) is Professor Umbridge; Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones) is Professor Lupin; Ruth Wilson (The Affair) voices Bellatrix Lestrange; Ambika Mod (One Day) is Nymphadora Tonks; Leo Woodall (One Day) is Bill Weasley; Simon Pegg (Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning) voices Arthur Weasley; James …

More big stars are lending their voices to Audible’s seven-part audiobook adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” books. Audible and Rowling’s Pottermore Publishing announced additional casting for the ensemble of more than 200 actors in “Harry Potter: The Full Cast Audio Editions.” Those joining the cast in several fan-favorite roles include: Kit Harington as Professor Lockhart; Keira Knightley as Professor …

England midfielder Keira Walsh hopes opponents Spain can “enjoy” playing in the Euro 2025 final without the “controversy” that surrounded the World Cup. Spain beat England 1-0 in the 2023 final but their victory was overshadowed by former football federation boss Luis Rubiales’ sexual assault case involving striker Jenni Hermoso. As players received their medals in Sydney, Rubiales grabbed Hermoso …