Thursday 16th November 2017

WARNER BROS. PICTURES TO DISTRIBUTE PADDINGTON 2 IN NORTH AMERICA

Warner Bros. Pictures will usher in the new year with the big-screen return of one of the world's most beloved characters in a delightful new adventure. Following its overwhelmingly successful UK opening earlier this month and currently #1 at the UK box office, "Paddington 2"-fully financed by STUDIOCANAL and produced by multi award-winning producer David Heyman (the "Harry Potter" and "Fantastic Beasts" films, "Paddington," "Gravity")-is set to debut in theatres across North America on January 12, 2018. The Studio has acquired distribution rights for the film in the U.S. and Canada from STUDIOCANAL and TWC/Dimension Films, it was jointly announced today by STUDIOCANAL, Sue Kroll, President of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Toby Emmerich, President and Chief Content Officer, Warner Bros. Pictures Group.

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Tuesday 10th May 2016

Paddington 2 Sets Production Date

Studiocanal introduces at Cannes the smash-hit comedy sequel, which will go into production this October

CANNES - Produced by David Heyman, "Paddington 2" will go into production in October in the U.K., Studiocanal confirmed Tuesday at Cannes. Film is also for sale at the Cannes market making it in all likelikhood the biggest-budgeted movie to be sold in the marketplace this year. The original "Paddington" was budgeted at $55 million and grossed nearly $270 million worldwide.

No cast is set but after the smash-hit success of the original "Paddington," it is expected that Ben Whishaw (Paddington) along with Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins will reprise their roles.

Directed again by Paul King, and co-written by King and Simon Farnaby, "Paddington 2" will be released on Nov. 24 2017 in the U.K. according to Studiocanal's Rodolphe Buet.

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