Paul King Agrees to Write and Direct Paddington 2
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Posted October 27, 2015 05:40 PM by Webmaster
Paul King has agreed to write and direct a sequel to the summer blockbuster Paddington. According to Deadline, which broke the news, King will work with Simon Farnaby on the script and the film will again be distributed by StudioCanal.
Earlier this year, Paddington became the fastest title to sell 1M Blu-ray and DVD units in the United Kingdom. Other titles from StudioCanal's catalog that have reached the 1M mark include Shane Meadows' This is England, Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth, and Jaume Collet-Serra's Unknown, but they have done so over a longer period of time. Paddington reached the 1M mark in only five months.
Earlier this year, Paddington also became StudioCanal's biggest theatrical release.
Paddington stars Nicole Kidman, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Peter Capaldi, and Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington. In the United Kingdom, StudioCanal will release it on Blu-ray on March 23.
Official synopsis: Paddington has grown up deep in the Peruvian jungle with his Aunt Lucy who, inspired by a chance encounter with an English explorer, has raised her nephew to dream of an exciting life in London. When an earthquake destroys their home, Aunt Lucy decides to smuggle her young nephew on board a boat bound for England, in search of a better life. Arriving alone at Paddington Station, Paddington soon finds that city life is not all he had imagined - until he meets the kindly Brown family, who find him with a label tied around his neck which reads 'Please look after this bear. Thank you.' They offer him a temporary home whilst he searches for the explorer who impressed Aunt Lucy all those years before. But when Paddington catches the eye of a sinster, seductive taxidermist, it isn't long before his home - and very existence - is under threat...
Based on the best-selling series by British author Michael Bond, from an original screenplay by filmmaker Paul King (Bunny and the Bull, Mighty Boosh). A Heyday Films and StudioCanal production, Paddington is directed by the twice BAFTA-nominated King, produced by multiple award-winning David Heyman (Gravity, the Harry Potter series) and executive produced by Heyday's Rosie Alison (Testament of Youth), Jeffrey Clifford (No Strings Attached, Up in the Air) and by Alexandra Ferguson (Anna Karenina).
Earlier this year, Paddington became the fastest title to sell 1M Blu-ray and DVD units in the United Kingdom. Other titles from StudioCanal's catalog that have reached the 1M mark include Shane Meadows' This is England, Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth, and Jaume Collet-Serra's Unknown, but they have done so over a longer period of time. Paddington reached the 1M mark in only five months.
Earlier this year, Paddington also became StudioCanal's biggest theatrical release.
Paddington stars Nicole Kidman, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Peter Capaldi, and Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington. In the United Kingdom, StudioCanal will release it on Blu-ray on March 23.
Official synopsis: Paddington has grown up deep in the Peruvian jungle with his Aunt Lucy who, inspired by a chance encounter with an English explorer, has raised her nephew to dream of an exciting life in London. When an earthquake destroys their home, Aunt Lucy decides to smuggle her young nephew on board a boat bound for England, in search of a better life. Arriving alone at Paddington Station, Paddington soon finds that city life is not all he had imagined - until he meets the kindly Brown family, who find him with a label tied around his neck which reads 'Please look after this bear. Thank you.' They offer him a temporary home whilst he searches for the explorer who impressed Aunt Lucy all those years before. But when Paddington catches the eye of a sinster, seductive taxidermist, it isn't long before his home - and very existence - is under threat...
Based on the best-selling series by British author Michael Bond, from an original screenplay by filmmaker Paul King (Bunny and the Bull, Mighty Boosh). A Heyday Films and StudioCanal production, Paddington is directed by the twice BAFTA-nominated King, produced by multiple award-winning David Heyman (Gravity, the Harry Potter series) and executive produced by Heyday's Rosie Alison (Testament of Youth), Jeffrey Clifford (No Strings Attached, Up in the Air) and by Alexandra Ferguson (Anna Karenina).