The New Boy
The New Boy is a feature film that has completed production with MadRiver Pictures and Scarlett Pictures attached. Anousha Zarkesh (casting director), Warwick Thornton (director) and Georgie Pym (producer) are attached. It was scheduled to shoot in Australia in October 2022. Production List last updated this listing on April 28, 2026.
Project Summary
Set in 1940s Australia, the film depicts depicts the mesmeric story of a 9-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun. The new boy’s presence disturbs the delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.
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Cast & Crew
Production
| Producer | Georgie Pym |
| Producer | Andrew Upton |
| Producer | Cate Blanchett |
| Producer | Kath Shelper |
Casting
| Casting Director | Anousha Zarkesh |
Directing
| Director | Warwick Thornton |
Writing
| Writer | Warwick Thornton |
Cast
| Cast | Cate Blanchett |
Contact details for each person listed are on file and available to members.
Working on The New Boy
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Source: Production List, published by the Film & Television Industry Alliance. Cite this page as https://www.productionlist.com/production/the-new-boy (last updated Apr 28, 2026).