Rocket Pictures, London-based, award-winning studio has roped in Mikros Image to lead digital animation work for Paramount Animation and MGM Pictures’ Sherlock Gnomes — the follow-up to the Rocket’s animated feature Gnomeo and Juliet.
Sherlock Gnomes is an action-adventure detective tale set in London, where Gnomeo and Juliet turn to the legendary Sherlock Gnomes to solve a crucial case.
Directed by Oscar nominee John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda), the animation duties will be shared between Mikros Paris and the new Mikros Animation studio in London.
Mikros Image, deputy MD, Julien Meesters said, “As the leading independent animation studio and coming off of the successes of Asterix: The Land of the Gods, among others, we are very excited to leverage our creative and operational bandwidth for Paramount Animation, MGM and Rocket. With the support of our great executive team, which includes Nicolas Trout, Simon Thomas and Marie Balland, we believe that Sherlock Gnomes is the perfect project to launch operations in London.”
Sherlock Gnomes is produced by Steve Hamilton Shaw (Gnomeo and Juliet) and Carolyn Soper (production executive for Tangled) along with Sir Elton John and David Furnish, who also produced the prior gnome flick. Eric Leighton serves as animation director, Karen de Jong is the production designer, and Freddy Chaleur returns as VFX supervisor while Rob Stevenhagen heads up the story team.