Release Date
May 8, 2026
Digital Date
August 25, 2026
DVD Release Date
August 25, 2026 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Kyle Balda
Writer
Craig Mazin
Cast
Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Galitzine, Molly Gordon, Hong Chau, Emma Thompson Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Chris O’Dowd, Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey, Brett Goldstein, Rhys Darby
Studio
Running Time
109 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG for thematic material, some violent content and brief language
What is The Sheep Detectives about?
In this witty, new breed of mystery, George (Hugh Jackman) 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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How does one begin to critique The Sheep Detectives, a perfectly pleasant little movie made for boomer parents and little kids–but not for forty-something moviegoers like me? I’ll begin by saying that both my mom and my 96-year-old grandma threatened me with unclear-at-the-time harm if I criticized this cute movie about talking sheep investigating the mysterious murder of their shepard, who looks a hell of a lot like Hugh Jackman.
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