Stan announces stellar cast for new Original Series Thou Shalt Not Steal

Stan has announced the cast for its brand new series, Thou Shalt Not Steal.

Filming is currently underway in Alice Springs for the Stan Original series, which stars Sherry-Lee Watson and Will McDonald, both of whom recently starred in the Heartbreak High reboot.

Miranda Otto, famous for her role in Lord of the Rings and who more recently starred in Aussie horror flick Talk To Me, rounds out the cast with Noah Taylor of Peaky Blinders and Game of Thrones fame.

The eight episode road series is set in Central and South Australia during the 1980s and is directed by AACTA Award-winning filmmaker Dylan River.

River, who directed and wrote the hit ABC show Mystery Road: Origins, also serves as co-creator of the Stan series alongside executive producer Tanith Glyn-Maloney. 

River and Glyn-Maloney previously worked together on Robbie Hood, another Northern Territory-based drama.

Thou Shalt Not Steal follows Robyn (Watson), a young Aboriginal delinquent searching for the truth behind a mysterious family secret, who escapes from detention and reluctantly teams up with awkward teenager Gidge (McDonald). 

Together they flee her small central desert community on a perilous journey across the outback, finding answers and learning some hard life lessons along the way. 

Filming is currently underway in Alice Springs for the Stan Original series, which stars Sherry-Lee Watson (pictured)

It also stars and Will McDonald (pictured)

Hot on their heels are Maxine (Otto), a sex trafficker whose taxi Robyn stole, and Gidge’s domineering father Robert (Taylor), a fraudulent preacher. 

Director and co-creator Dylan River said: ‘My family always said, be careful what you write, you might have to make it one day!’ 

‘I’m so thrilled with the team we have assembled for Thou Shall Not Steal and can’t wait for audiences to join our cast of characters for a good old fashioned road trip from the NT to SA.’

Thou Shalt Not Steal also features an impressive ensemble cast including Natasha Wanganeen, Damian Walshe-Howling, and Geoff Morrell, among many others.

Miranda Otto (pictured), who is famous for her role in Lord of the Rings and who more recently starred in Aussie horror flick Talk To Me, stars in the new show as a vengeful sex trafficker

Noah Taylor (pictured) of Peaky Blinders and Game of Thrones fame, rounds out the cast as a fraudulent preacher

The series is produced by multi-Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning Ludo Studio by Charlie Aspinwall and Daley Pearson, and Sophie Miller, alongside producer Sam Moor with Since1778 Productions. 

Cailah Scobie and Donna Chang Executive Produce for Stan. 

Thou Shalt Not Steal received major production investment from Screen Australia with support from the South Australian Film Corporation, Screen Territory and by Screen Queensland’s Post, Digital and Visual Effects (PDV) Incentive.

The eight episode road series is set in Central and South Australia during the 1980s and is directed by AACTA Award-winning filmmaker Dylan River. River, who directed and wrote the hit ABC show Mystery Road: Origins, also serves as co-creator of the Stan series alongside executive producer Tanith Glyn-Maloney