If you didn't know, Audible is gearing up to release a full-cast audio adaptation of all seven of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books. The project, set to roll out between November 2025 and May 2026, features over 200 voice actors - including Kit Harington, Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy, and Keira Knightley. It comes amid a sizable boycott of the franchise, sparked by backlash against J.K.'s anti-trans statements.
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Watch classic 1980s movies like "Dirty Dancing" and "The Goonies" on Netflix this October. There are also other hits available like "Taxi Driver" and "Point Break." The Netflix original movie "The Woman in Cabin 10" starring Keira Knightley premieres later this month. October isn't just spooky season - with the arrival of some classic movies on Netflix, it's also time to brush up on some old favorites.
Keira Knightley's big break arrived in 2002's Bend It Like Beckham, Gurinder Chadha's comedy-drama about female footballers, which put her into the premier league. Before that, she'd had smaller parts in the 2002 gritty British drama Pure, about a mother with a heroin addiction, and the 2001 thriller The Hole, set in an eerie abandoned nuclear fallout shelter. Before that, she'd played Natalie Portman's decoy in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.