Today, Amazon MGM Studios released the newest trailer for its upcoming family film “The Sheep Detectives” starring Hugh Jackman. The film, centering on a shepherd and his true-crime loving sheep, will release May 8, 2026.
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 (Nicholas 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.
The trailer sets the stage, with Jackman reading true crime stories for his sheep before his untimely demise. Acting on their own, the animals try to evaluate the suspects, including his lawyer (played by Emma Thompson) for justice for their beloved friend.
The official synopsis follows:
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.
“The Sheep Detectives,” directed by Kyle Balda and starring Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Galitzine, Molly Gordon, Tosin Cole with Hong Chau and Emma Thompson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Chris O’Dowd, Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey, Brett Goldstein, and Rhys Darby, will release May 8 through Amazon MGM Studios. Watch the new trailer below:
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