SHERLOCK GNOMES (U)

WHO’S IN IT?

Johnny Depp (Sleepy Hollow), Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave), James McAvoy (Victor Frankenstein), Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Mary J. Blige (Mudbound), Michael Caine (Interstellar), Maggie Smith (The Lady In The Van), Ashley Jensen (Arthur Christmas), Matt Lucas (Bridesmaids), Stephen Merchant (Logan), Julie Walters (Billy Elliot), Richard Wilson (Prick Up Your Ears), Julio Bonet (Gnomeo and Juliet), Kelly Asbury (Smurfs: The Lost Village), Ozzy Osbourne (Trick or Treat), Dan Starkey (Alex the Vampire), James Hong (Kung Fu Panda), Jamie Demetriou (Paddington 2)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda), director; Ben Zazove (film debut), writer; David Furnish (It’s A Boy Girl Thing), Steve Hamilton Shaw (Gnomeo and Juliet) and Carolyn Soper (film debut), producers; Chris Bacon (Space Chimps), composer; Prakash Patel (film debut) and Mark Solomon (Frankenweenie), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the garden of the Montague and Capulet garden gnomes, led by lovers Gnomeo (McAvoy) and Juliet (Blunt), several gnomes suddenly go missing, and the only one that Gnomeo and Juliet can turn to in order to find and rescue them is the great gnome detective Sherlock Gnomes (Depp)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

If by some miracle you were still hanging on to hope that one day they’ll make a sequel to Gnomeo and Juliet, then your long waiting has paid off with another uproarious family adventure with hilarious puns and wild antics.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 11TH MAY 2018

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