After selling a spec script 'Blackwater Zoo' to 20th Century Fox they started to work more regularly in Hollywood. They conceived and wrote the original screenplay 'Gnomeo & Juliet' which they sold to Disney Studios. The film was produced by Elton John and David Furnish's company Rocket Pictures and released in 2011 starring James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Michael Caine, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart and Maggie Smith with music by Elton John. The film took nearly $200 million at the box office worldwide and spawned the 2018 sequel 'Sherlock Gnomes'.