Overview

• Netflix confirmed the psychological thriller will stream on October 10 and released the first trailer introducing Laura “Lo” Blacklock’s voyage on a luxury yacht.
• The trailer shows Lo reporting a woman thrown overboard only to be told all passengers are accounted for, setting up a tense investigation without allies.
• Keira Knightley leads an ensemble that includes Guy Pearce, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Hannah Waddingham, David Ajala, Kaya Scodelario, Art Malik and David Morrissey.
• Simon Stone directs from a screenplay by Stone, Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, describing a visual approach with close wide-angle lenses to heighten isolation with cinematographer Ben Davis.
• Adapted from Ruth Ware’s bestselling novel, the film foregrounds themes of gaslighting, gender and class; Ware says it centers on a woman who tells the truth but isn’t believed.