Los Angeles-based film and television studio Happy Accidents has partnered with Australian production companies Total Fiction and Screen Invaders on the genre-bending drama-comedy series “Gnomes” (6×30′).

The studio, which specializes in high-end content across multiple genres including films, scripted and unscripted series, documentaries and formats, has come aboard as co-producer and international distributor for the series. The project has been commissioned by Stan Australia and picked up by German broadcaster ZDFneo via Network Movie.

Described as “Gremlins meets Hot Fuzz,” the series follows two local police officers in a small town who must battle an army of murderous garden gnomes that come to life during the town’s inaugural Gnome-a-Palooza festival. The show will utilize a combination of practical effects and VFX to bring the miniature menaces to life.

Award-winning filmmaker Joel Kohn, who heads Screen Invaders, created the series and will produce alongside Total Fiction executive producers John Molloy and Richard Kelly.