George Hardy is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can't possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realize they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers.
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Hugh Jackman
George Hardy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Lily (voice)
Emma Thompson
Lydia Harbottle
Nicholas Braun
Tim Derry
Chris O'Dowd
Mopple (voice)
Bryan Cranston
Sebastian (voice)
Nicholas Galitzine
Elliot Matthews
Molly Gordon
Rebecca Hampstead
Tosin Cole
Caleb Merrow
Hong Chau
Beth Pennock
Director
Kyle Balda
Screenplay
Craig Mazin
Tagline
"A new breed of mystery."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$75,000,000
Revenue
$115,953,209
Production
Working Title Films, Lord Miller, Three Strange Angels, Amazon MGM Studios
CinemaSerf
May 10, 2026
Hugh Jackman may take top billing here, but the real plaudits have to go to some animatronic sheep and to Nicholas Braun's hapless detective "Tim". He is completely out of his depth when a body is discovered in a field. He just assumes that "George" (Jackman) has had an heart attack - but the sheep, well thanks to the observations of the hitherto shunned winter lamb, they start to put two and two ...
HaremCinema
May 31, 2026
Shepherd dies. It’s the result of murder most foul! Unpropitiously for the manslayer there is a most important factor that they have not accounted for. Unbeknownst to the assassin, the deceased herdsman had been training a crack team of detectives. (If, at this point, you can’t tell who those detectives are from the title of the film, then perhaps murder mysteries are not for you?) What I thoug...
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