Paddington 4 is in early improvement from StudioCanal, with Paddington in Peru set to be launched within the UK this winter.
Escape the marmalade sandwiches! The upcoming Paddington in Peru received’t be the final we see of the cute bear, as StudioCanal revealed that they’re already within the early phases of engaged on Paddington 4. Not solely will there be a brand new sequel, however a brand new Paddington TV sequence within the works as properly.
“We’re additionally engaged on a brand new TV sequence and a brand new film to come back in 2027, ’28,” mentioned Françoise Guyonnet, CEO of StudioCanal Youngsters & Household, noting that 2028 will mark the seventieth anniversary of the franchise. “In fact, the massive occasion for the StudioCanal household is the discharge of Paddington in Peru.” The primary two Paddington motion pictures have been simply among the most pleasant movies I’ve ever watched. It stays to be seen if Paddington in Peru will stay as much as the lofty heights of its predecessors, however I’m protecting my fingers crossed for Paddington 4.
Paddington in Peru “follows Paddington and the Brown household as they go to Aunt Lucy in Peru. An exciting journey ensues when a thriller plunges them into an surprising journey by the Amazon rainforest and to the mountain peaks of Peru.” Ben Whishaw returns to voice Paddington, with Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, and Imelda Staunton rounding out the solid.
Paul King, who directed the primary two motion pictures, didn’t return for Paddington in Peru as he made the troublesome selection to helm Wonka as a substitute. “It was actually troublesome, as a result of I’d spent eight years with the bear and I felt such unimaginable love for him,” King mentioned. “He’s an animated character, and the design and the love that went into each single follicle was labor intensive and finished with such coronary heart. So it’s type of like sending your child off to highschool and going, ‘I hope you’ll be okay!’ However I additionally understand it was the correct factor to do.“
Paul King added that “as a result of there’s a lot Paddington supply materials, you might make 50 Paddington motion pictures. I’d be 100 years previous and nonetheless doing Paddington.” If there was solely sufficient supply materials to make two or three movies, King mentioned that issues may need been completely different, however he was “actually happy” with the place they left Paddington after the second film and that it was “time to let go and provides someone else a shot.“
Paddington in Peru will debut within the U.Ok. on November eighth, adopted by a U.S. launch on January seventeenth.