The Sheep Detectives (2026) (original) (raw)
Shepherd George Hardy reads murder mysteries to his sheep. When he's killed, the sheep realize he was murdered and set out to solve the case themselves, venturing from their meadow into the complex human world.
Shepherd George Hardy reads murder mysteries to his sheep. When he's killed, the sheep realize he was murdered and set out to solve the case themselves, venturing from their meadow into the complex human world. (less)
Director: Kyle Balda
Writer: Craig Mazin
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Galitzine, Molly Gordon, Emma Thompson, Hong Chau, Nicholas Braun
Producers: Lindsay Doran, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
6
fans
93
Blu-ray
collections
3
DVD
collections
Review by Brian Orndorf, May 6, 2026
6 / 10
A pastoral setting. A farmland looked over by a tough but secretly tender sheepherder. A collection of talking animals trying to understand the horrors that face them while enjoying light play in the open world. Surely another sequel to 1995�s �Babe� is here! �The Sheep Detectives� isn�t another chapter in the aborted franchise, with screenwriter Craig Mazin (�Scary Movie 3,� �The Huntsman: Winter�s War�) out to make sense of author Leonie Swann�s 2005 novel, �Three Bags Full.� The book was a dark take on the cartoon premise of sheep out to solve the murder of their handler, putting Mazin to w ...read more...
| | My rating | 7.2385% like it | | ----------- | --------------- |