Craig Mazin Releases 19-Year Passion Project 'The Sheep Detectives' in Theaters
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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · May 12
Craig Mazin Releases 19-Year Passion Project 'The Sheep Detectives' in Theaters
6 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · May 12
Nineteen years after producer Lindsay Doran first brought him Leonie Swann’s novel, Craig Mazin has finally seen his adaptation "The Sheep Detectives" reach theaters.
The film stalled for years after one studio balked at a family movie that mixed talking-animal comedy with more emotional material; Amazon MGM chief Courtenay Valenti later bought it and pushed it to release.
Mazin said the script written about 10 years ago remains largely intact and called the movie the work where he "finally figured it out," despite his recent reputation for darker projects like "Chernobyl" and "The Last of Us."
The release arrives with a high-profile cast including Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson and Hong Chau on screen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brett Goldstein and Regina Hall voicing sheep.
Mazin also signaled that "The Last of Us" season 3 will keep challenging viewers’ loyalties, saying Kaitlyn Dever’s role should make audiences reexamine earlier judgments about the story.
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