The Sheep Detectives
A new breed of mystery.
George Hardy 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.
- Director
- Kyle Balda
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $132M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
23 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Sheep Detectives actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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George Hardy 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.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Sheep Detectives appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Mystery Movies Ranked #28
Placed at #28 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Sheep Detectives returned 1.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $75M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $132M
- Release date
- Apr 30, 2026
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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