A new series described as “Gremlins meets Hot Fuzz,” Gnomes, is in the works from Los Angeles-based film and television studio Happy Accidents has partnered with Australian production companies Total Fiction and Screen Invaders.

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.”

Award-winning filmmaker Joel Kohn, who heads Screen Invaders, created the series and will produce alongside Total Fiction executive producers John Molloy (“Barons,” “The Gloaming”) and Richard Kelly (“The Tailings,” “Jones Family Christmas”). Happy Accidents’ Holly A. Hines (“Ginny & Georgia,” “Fortitude”) and Eric Jarboe (“Falling for Christmas,” “The Princess Switch”) serve as executive producers.

Australian comedy writers Tegan Higginbotham and Paul Verhoeven are writing the scripts, with Matthias Hoene (“Theodosia,” “Cockneys vs Zombies”) attached as setup director.