‘Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story’ follows sheep solving a murder, users joke: "Live-action Shaun the Sheep is crazy"

There is a new film entitled Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie coming and was screened at CinemaCon 2025. It's an adaptation of the 2005 book Three Bags Full. The plot revolves around a shepherd who tenderly raises his sheep for their wool.

He reads them murder mysteries every evening, thinking they don't understand anything—but this is the catch: they do!

Not only do the sheep comprehend everything their shepherd reads to them, but they also have long arguments about the characters and attempt to figure out the mysteries by themselves.

But one day, their shepherd is discovered dead under mysterious circumstances.

As the local police officer is inexperienced in real-life murder cases, the sheep decide to get their hooves dirty. For the first time, they step out of their idyllic meadow to crack the case—only to discover that the real world is more complicated than murder mysteries in books.

A few folks think the plot is actually quite interesting, but naturally, the internet never lets anything go without cracking jokes. Users are laughingly asking why we're producing and watching a film where sheep are cracking a murder case—like, how did we end up here?

From individuals joking that literally anything gets the green light these days to questioning how projects like this even get produced, the internet is having a field day making fun of it.

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Users poke fun at Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie

Fans were laughing comparing it to Shaun the Sheep live-action, even joking how nowadays, anything gets the nod from studios.

One user, @elerosmo, jokingly stated:

"Live action shaun the sheep is crazy."

A user @elephantbridge2 stated:

"They're really just making whatever now huh."

A user @kingtolley added:

"They green light anything these days wtf."

Some fans believed they were stoned and hallucinating due to the premise of the story, while others simply posted pictures to show how confused and incredulous they were with the film concept.

A user @noxlonga joked:

"wool was found at the crime scene 🧬"

Another user, @joe_b_smitty, humorously asked:

"Am I high?"

A user went to drop a reaction picture that speaks volumes.

Fans were skeptical about sheep having a hand in uncovering the mystery of a murder, and some cracked jokes about Hugh Jackman unexpectedly dying uncharacteristically in the film.

Others utilized witty puns to express their excitement and interest in Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie.

A user @foopser declared:

"bro, what 😭 sheep solving murder?? Hugh Jackman dead?? Bryan Cranston and Patrick Stewart beefing with farm animals?? this movie gonna change history fr."

Another user, @foopser, dropped a hilarious pun:

"This gonna be the most BAA-rilliant mystery of all time."

Yet another user, @NFTsBreezy, resorted to a pun:

"Goat movie. Nice."

Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie is scheduled to be released on February 20, 2026.

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