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The Sheep Detectives

PG IE
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Runtime
1h 49m
Release date
8 May 2026
Genres
Comedy
Animation
Science Fiction
Classification description
Bereavement theme. Mild violence, language and threat. Some scenes that might frighten very young viewers.
Directors
Kyle Balda
Cast
Nicholas Braun, Bryan Cranston, Regina Hall, Hugh Jackman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Patrick Stewart, Emma Thompson, Rhys Darby, Nicholas Galitzine, Brett Goldstein, Hong Chau, Chris O’Dowd, Bella Ramsey, Molly Gordon
Synopsis
The film follows George Hardy (Jackman), a shepherd who loves his sheep and raises them only for their wool. Every night he reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep can understand, never suspecting that not only can they understand but they argue for hours afterwards about whodunnit. When George is found dead under mysterious circumstances, the sheep realize at once that it was a murder and think they know everything about how to go about solving it. The local cop Tim Derry (Braun), on the other hand, has never solved a serious crime in his life, so the sheep conclude they will have to solve it themselves, even if it means leaving their meadow for the first time and facing the fact that the human world isn’t as simple as it appears in books.

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