Paddington 3 will come one day, but the star behind the lovable bear says we must wait a bit longer.
Ben Whishaw voices Paddington, the star of the family films that have grossed a combined total box-office revenue of about $500 million. The director of the first two Paddington movies, Paul King, was set to helm the new entry but took time away to work on Wonka for Warner Bros. Discovery.
Since gaining a new director, Paddington 3 is still stuck in a bit of developmental hell and Whishaw reveals there’s been no movement on the project recently.
While promoting his new film Bad Behaviour with director Alice Englert at Sundance, the actor tells Collider he has yet to see a script and feels no start date: “I haven’t read this script, and I don’t even know when we’re due to shoot it. I don’t know. I thought it would be happening by now, but I don’t know. It’s gone silent in the way that sometimes these things do. Maybe that just means they’re still working on it, or maybe it means it’s not happening, or you just don’t know.”
With Dougal Wilson taking over as director, the word is production could start sometime this year. While the films were a fan-favorite smash, it seems like there’s no rush to push another Paddington adventure out.
The third entry is titled Paddington in Peru, and will see the loveable bear returning to his home in South America.
Originally published February 3, 2023. Updated February 2, 2023.
