"Gnomeo & Juliet", last year's 3D Animated Disney film, will be getting a sequel titled "Sherlock Gnomes".  John Stevenson has been hired to direct.

The film will be produced by Elton John‘s Rocket Pictures and will be written by Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil.  it will follow the story of the characters from the first film, who enlist the help of a famous detective (who also happens to be a gnome) to find out what's happening with the disappearance of gnomes in the suburbs of England.

"Sherlock Gnomes" is set to begin production early next year.