The Convert

The Convert is a 2023 film produced by Jump Film & Television and Brouhaha Entertainment, directed by Lee Tamahori, and starring Guy Pearce and Te Kohe Tuhaka. The script is by Shane Danielsen and Tamahori, from a story by Michael Bennet. It premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2023. Synopsis A lay preacher Thomas Munro (Pearce) at a British settlement gets caught in a bloody war between Maori tribes in 1830s New Zealand. Cast Guy Pearce as Thomas Munroe Te Kohe Tuhaka Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne as Rangimai Antonio Te Maioha as Miainui Jacqueline McKenzie as Charlotte Lawrence Makoare as Akatarewa Dean O'Gorman as Kedgley Madeleine McCarthy as Bethany Duane Wichman-Evans Jr.