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Guy Pearce Stars in Supernatural Thriller 'Poor Boy'

10/27/2025

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Guy Pearce will star in the film adaptation of the 2009 stage play "Poor Boy," directed by Jeffrey Walker.
The supernatural thriller centers on a boy who claims to be the reincarnation of a man who died seven years earlier after waking from a coma.
Pearce arranged the film's score, based on music by Tim Finn, and the cast includes Teresa Palmer and Ann Dowd.
Producers Lionel Hicks, Steve Jaggi, and Kylie Pascoe will produce the film, with AMP launching world sales at the American Film Market.

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Guy Pearce will star in the film adaptation of the 2009 stage play "Poor Boy," directed by Jeffrey Walker.
The supernatural thriller centers on a boy who claims to be the reincarnation of a man who died seven years earlier after waking from a coma.
Pearce arranged the film's score, based on music by Tim Finn, and the cast includes Teresa Palmer and Ann Dowd.
Producers Lionel Hicks, Steve Jaggi, and Kylie Pascoe will produce the film, with AMP launching world sales at the American Film Market.