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Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas and Rachel Zegler are all set to join the cast of Studiocanal’s Paddington In Peru, while Emily Mortimer will replace Sally Hawkins in the role of Mrs. Brown.
Production on the film will begin on July 24, 2023, with filming taking place in the UK, Peru and Colombia. Colman, Banderas, Zegler and Mortimer are all in advanced negotiations to join the cast, which will include returning cast members Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Madeleine Harris and Samuel Joslin, plus Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington and Imelda Staunton as the voice of Aunt Lucy.
Paddington In Peru, a sequel to 2014’s Paddington and 2017’s Paddington 2, will see the eponymous bear and the Brown family visit his Aunt Lucy at the Home for Retired Bears in Peru, only for a mystery to plunge them into an adventure through the Amazon rainforest and up Peruvian mountains.
Colman will play a character named The Reverend Mother, a “blithe and sunny” guitar-playing nun who runs the Home for Retired Bears. Banderas will portray riverboat captain Hunter Cabot who helps the Brown family in their adventure. Zegler will play his daughter Gina Cabot. The
Paddington in Peru is written by Mark Burton, Jon Foster, and James Lamont from a story that was written by Paul King. King was the director of the two previous films, Simon Farnaby, and Burton. King is also the executive producer of the project, alongside Anna Marsh, Ron Halpern, Dan MacRae, Tim Wellspring, and Jeffrey Clifford. She will embody the essence of Mary Brown and yet make it utterly her own.“However, I am, and will always be in love with Paddington’s world,” continued Hawkins. “I already miss my on-screen and off-screen family. The experience of making the two first films was some of the most creative and enjoyable times I’ve had in the film industry. I will always hold them very close to my heart. I will forever hold them so very close to my heart indeed.”
Heyman said he is “very sorry” that Hawkins is departing the franchise, but “thrilled and grateful to be welcoming the brilliant Emily Mortimer into the Brown family.”
Studiocanal, which developed the film, is fully financing and will distribute in the UK, France, Germany, Benelux, Poland, Australia and New Zealand as well as through partners in China and Japan. Sony Pictures will distribute in the US, Canada and other key international territories including Latin America.
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