Prime Video has announced one of Amazon MGM Studios' best movies of 2026 will make its streaming premiere this week, and we're not talking Project Hail Mary. Instead, we're talking sheep. The Sheep Detectives will start streaming on Prime Video on Wednesday, June 24.

Hugh Jackman helped make the announcement in a very "Baaaahh!"-filled video on X. Jackman plays George, a shepherd who is found dead one day. A few members of his flock of sheep set off to dig into the case and help the small town's only police officer with his investigation of George's suspicious death. There are multiple conniving suspects, a bevy of good jokes, and even a dramatic will-reading scene — if you ever wanted a version of Knives Out that starred sheep, then The Sheep Detectives is for you.

Nicholas Galitzine (He-Man himself), Succession's Nicholas Braun, and The Bear's Molly Gordon lead the non-murdered human cast. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Chris O'Dowd, Bryan Cranston, and many more — even Patrick Stewart! — lend their voices to the cast of sheep.

While The Sheep Detectives is very much a cozy murder mystery, it's also a splendid meditation on grief, the pain of remembering, and the ostracization of others. Have a box of tissues ready on the end table for when you press play.

Critics and audiences have both fallen for The Sheep Detectives' charm. At the time of this writing, it has a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 96% on the site's Popcornmeter (for general audience ratings). If you haven't already, you can check it out yourself at home on June 24.

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