Sex Education's Asa Butterfield leads new Stan horror-comedy Gnomes as it heads into production

Stan has announced the commencement of production for its new Original series Gnomes, a comedy-horror project headlined by Asa Butterfield and Megan Smart.

Filming is currently underway across Victoria for the series, which follows Senior Sergeant Arnold Kipps (Butterfield) and bureaucrat Ellie McKay (Smart) as they contend with an outbreak of murderous lawn ornaments in the fictional town of Nompton. The narrative centres on the reawakening of an ancient evil by the Gnome Queen, igniting chaos that forces the estranged pair to reunite.

The cast and crew

Gnomes features an ensemble of Australian talent including Darren Gilshenan, Alison Whyte, Tegan Higginbotham, Matt Okine, Brett Tucker, Nicole Gulasekharam, and Luke McGregor.

The cast also includes Nina Oyama, Syd Brisbane, Evelyn Krape, Richard Mueck, and Ditch Davey, alongside newcomers Oliver Edis, Leigh Lule, George Rayias, and Mila Hourmouzis. Tess Haubrich portrays the Gnome Queen.

Gnomes - a Stan Original Series

The series is created by Joel Kohn (The Mirror) with scripts by Tegan Higginbotham and Paul F. Verhoeven. Direction is led by Matthias Hoene (Theodosia, Cockneys vs Zombies), with additional episodes directed by Sian Davies and Joel Kohn. Kohn also serves as co-producer with John Molloy of Total Fiction.

Top image: Megan Smart and Asa Butterfield

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