Many caller announcements person travel retired this week astir nan Paddington movie franchise. The first 2 movies, Paddington (2014), and Paddington 2 (2017), were immense successes some successful nan container office, arsenic good arsenic pinch fans.
The stories these films person told are truthful good done, and nan acting is great. The 3rd film, Paddington successful Peru, is correct astir nan corner, pinch a January 17th, 2025 merchandise date, and now we person moreover much Paddington adventures to look guardant to.
It was reported during panels for Canal+ group's StudioCanal portion astatine nan Brand Licensing Europe 2024 normal successful London this week (via ComicBook) that Paddington 4 already has a greenlight, while a Paddington TV bid is besides being developed arsenic a spinoff of nan movie franchise.
Françoise Guyonnet, CEO of StudioCanal, kids & family, and Sissel Henno, caput of world income – licensing & unit astatine StudioCanal said astatine nan presentation, making it clear that erstwhile it comes to Paddington, location is dedicated attraction toward "Turning a Heritage Brand into a Global Phenomenon," and delving deeper into nan "ongoing travel of Paddington from a classical characteristic to a worldwide taste phenomenon."
Right now, nan timeline for improvement is looking synchronous, pinch Paddington 4 and nan TV show estimated "to travel successful 2027, '28." 2028 will not-so-coincidentally people nan 70th day of nan Paddington characteristic and franchise.
Other large announcements included confirmation that "At nan extremity of adjacent year... we are launching a philharmonic successful nan [London] West End pinch Sonia Freeman, 1 of nan champion producers. It's noted that "Paddington: The Musical will characteristic euphony and lyrics by Tom Fletcher, pinch Jessica Swale arsenic writer and Luke Sheppard arsenic director."
All of this sounds for illustration a bully time. Those Paddington movies are truthful good, and we look guardant to seeing much from nan franchise.