Cate Blanchett stars in The New Boy, which will release in theaters May 23, 2025.

The New Boy takes place in 1940s Australia at a remote monastery with a mission for Aboriginal children run by a renegade nun, Sister Eileen (Cate Blanchett). A new charge (Aswan Reid) is delivered in the dead of night – a boy who appears to have special powers. However, the boy’s Indigenous spiritual life does not mesh with the mission’s Christianity and his mysterious power becomes a threat. Sister Eileen is faced with a choice between the traditions of her faith and the truth embodied in the boy, in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.

It is written and directed by Warwick Thornton. Along with Blanchett, Aswan Reid, Wayne Blair, and Deborah Mailman also star.

The film was produced by Blanchett and Andrew Upton for Dirty Films, Kath Shelper for Scarlett Pictures, and Lorenzo De Maio for De Maio Entertainment. Co-producer was Georgie Pym, with Coco Francini serving as executive producer for Dirty Films, alongside Gretel Packer for Longbridge Nominees. Fremantle and Longbridge Nominees were the production companies. Principal financing was provided by Screen Australia’s First Nations Department, with additional financing from Screen NSW and the South Australian Film Corporation.