Hanna Endicott Douglas' sister Vivien played Violetta Thomas.
Shirley MacLaine is half Canadian. Her mother Kathlyn Corinne was born in Nova Scotia and worked as a drama teacher.
Shirley MacLaine's brother is actor Warren Beatty.
The scene where Marilla receives a letter from Nellie Parkhurst was created digitally by carefully combining footage of Collen Dewhurst from "Road to Avonlea" and new footage of Kyra Harper.
The Thomas Mill and the log flume collapse scenes contain shots of Sullivan Entertainment employees dressed as mill workers.
Two actors from the original "Anne" appeared in "Anne - A New Beginning: Patricia Hamilton played Rachel Lynde and Jayne Eastwood played Mrs. Hammond.
Rachel Blanchard (Amelia Thomas) played a gutsy stewardess alongside Samuel L. Jackson in the movie "Snakes on a Plane".
There are over 100 CGI shots in "Anne - A New Beginning", many of which were created using digital photographs taken by Kevin Sullivan.
5 actors in "Anne - A New Beginning" were also in Sullivan's "Wind at my Back": James Carrol (Jeremiah Land / Max Sutton), Ron Lea (Gene / Del Sutton), Lynne Griffin (Mrs. Bridgewater / Callie Cramp) Robert Bockstael (Principal / Jim Flett) and Maggie Huculak ( Superintendant / Lorna MacFarlane).
Barbara Hershey had never read "Anne of Green Gables". She didn't read it after getting the part of Anne either because she wanted to "approach the mature Anne in a fresh, alternative way".