Hugh Jackman stars in ‘Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie’

Advance:

• Hugh Jackson to play a farmer in ‘Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie’
• Emma Thompson, Nicholas Braun and more are also in the cast.
• Animation veteran Kyle Balda directs the live-action mystery comedy.

Here is an unusual project, which almost sounds more like a project from the British Aardman Animation (given their success with ‘Shaun the Sheep‘) but it’s actually a new live-action comedy.

Hugh Jackman is on board to lead the cast of the new film ‘Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie’ (we just checked the date to be sure, and it’s not April 1), which will follow some raised sheep crime solvers. Murder mysteries have to find out who killed their pastor.

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What is the story of ‘Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie’?

The film follows George Hardy (Jackman), a shepherd who loves his sheep and raises them solely for their wool. Every night he reads a murder mystery aloud, pretending that his sheep can understand it, never suspecting that not only can they understand it, but they also argue for hours about the detective novel.

When George is found dead under mysterious circumstances, the Sheep immediately realize it was a murder and believe they know everything about how to solve it. Local police officer Tim Derry (nicolas braun), on the other hand, has never solved a serious crime in his life, so the sheep conclude that 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 is not . It’s as simple as it appears in the books.

Who will be part of the cast of ‘Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie’?

Along with Jackman and Braun, the cast is an eclectic mix of big names and up-and-coming actors, including Emma Thompson, Nicolas Galitzine (‘The idea of ​​you‘), Molly Gordon (‘theater camp‘), Hong Chau (‘The whale‘), Tosin Cole (‘Bob Marley: One love‘), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (‘Wonka‘), Conleth Hill (‘game of Thrones‘) and Mandeep Dhillon (‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘).

Who is making ‘Three Full Suitcases: A Sheep Detective Movie’?

Behind the camera for this one is Kyla Baldawho has dedicated a large part of his career to animation and has directed films such as ‘Minions‘ and ‘Despicable Me 3‘.

The script comes from Craig Mazinwho these days is best known as the executive producer behind dark dramas.Chernobyl‘ and ‘The last of us‘, but before that he wrote comedies like ‘Scary Movie‘franchise and’The Hangover‘ films.

He is adapting the novel by Leonie Swann, published in Germany in 2005 with the original title ‘Glennkill’. The book became an instant hit, topping German bestseller lists for months and earning Swann the prestigious Glauser Prize for Crime Fiction in the debut category, as well as a PETA award.

When will ‘Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie’ hit theaters?

Amazon MGM is backing the new film and has scheduled a theatrical release for February 20, 2026. If that changes, we’ll keep you posted. I’m sorry, you.

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