Sherlock Gnomes

Sherlock Gnomes (2018)

They're on a mission to bring every gnome home.

Garden gnomes Gnomeo & Juliet recruit renown detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.

Date of release
2018-03-15
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (789)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Animation, Family, Comedy, Adventure, Mystery
Director
John Stevenson
Collection
Gnomeo & Juliet Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $64.4M
  • Budget: $59M
  • Earned 1.1× its budget
  • Based on: Romeo and Juliet and canon of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Gnomes is a 2018 animated mystery comedy film directed by John Stevenson. A sequel to Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), it is based on the detective character Sherlock Holmes. James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Ashley Jensen, Matt Lucas, Stephen Merchant, and Ozzy Osbourne reprise their roles from the first film, with Johnny Depp, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mary J. Blige, and Jamie Demetriou joining the cast. The film follows garden gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, recruiting gnome detective Sherlock Gnomes to find the missing ornaments from their new garden in London.

Production

In March 2012, it was reported that a sequel to Gnomeo & Juliet was in development at Rocket Pictures. Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg, Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil—four of the nine writers of the original film—were attached to write the script. Steve Hamilton Shaw and David Furnish returned as producers, with Elton John serving again as executive producer and composing new songs.

In September 2012, John Stevenson, co-director of Kung Fu Panda (2008), was announced as the director. Kelly Asbury, who directed the original film, was unavailable due to his commitments on Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) for Sony Pictures Animation. However, he remained involved as a creative consultant and voiced the Red Goon Gnomes.

In November 2015, Johnny Depp was announced as the voice of Sherlock Gnomes, with the film scheduled for release on January 12, 2018. James McAvoy and Emily Blunt reprised their roles as Gnomeo and Juliet, respectively.

Unlike its predecessor, which was animated by Arc Productions, Sherlock Gnomes was animated by Mikros Animation in London and Paris, with additional work by Reel FX Animation in Dallas, Los Angeles, and Montreal. The animation was produced using Autodesk Maya, and character models from the first film were reused. Approximately 60% of the animation crew was in London, with the remainder in Paris.

Chris Bacon returned to compose the score, as he had on the first film. James Newton Howard, who co-composed the original score, did not return due to his work on Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), though he contributed as a music consultant. The film's soundtrack was released by Virgin EMI Records.

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