Dec. 18 (UPI) — The Greatest Showman icon Hugh Jackman plays a murdered shepherd whose sheep try to solve the mystery of his death in the first trailer for the movie, The Sheep Detectives.
Amazon MGM Studios released the 2 1/2-minute preview on Thursday.
It shows Jackman’s intrepid flock looking for clues to the tune of The Proclaimers’ peppy anthem “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles).”
Love Actually, Dead of Winter and Down Cemetery Road star Emma Thompson plays Jackman’s lawyer, who reveals the trailer-dwelling shepherd was really worth $30 million, a possible motive for his murder.
The adaptation of the novel, Three Bags Full, by Leonie Swann is set to open in theaters on May 8.
The cast also includes Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Galitzine, Molly Gordonwith Hong Chau, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Chris O’Dowd, Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey, Brett Goldstein and Rhys Darby.
Actress Emma Thompson places her hands in wet cement during a ceremony immortalizing her in the forecourt of TCL Chinese Theatre (formerly Grauman’s) in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on November 7, 2013. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo
