Please Don't Feed the Children is a 2024 American psychological thriller film directed by Destry Allyn Spielberg and written by Paul Bertino.

A group of orphans head south in search of a new life after the country's adult population is wiped out from a viral outbreak.

[1] In March 2023, it was reported that Destry Allyn Spielberg would make her feature directorial debut with Please Don't Feed the Children, from a script by Paul Bertino, with Michelle Dockery being cast in the lead role.

[3] The production was granted an interim agreement allowing the actors to continue working on the film during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.

Lead producer Jason Dubin took responsibility for the missing payments and had to seek additional financiers several times in order to pay the outstanding debts.