U.S. audiences will have to wait a little longer to get their Paddington fix, as the successful film franchise’s third installment “Paddington in Peru” shifts from a Jan. 2025 release to Valentine’s Day.
The Columbia Pictures film’s domestic release has moved from Jan. 17 to Feb. 14, now coinciding with both Presidents’ Day & Valentine’s Day weekend. “Paddington 3” debuted in the U.K. earlier this month and scored a record-breaking opening weekend, collecting £9.65 million ($12.4 million) — the biggest opening for a British film since 2021’s “No Time to Die.”
Based on the bestselling series of children’s stories by British author Michael Bond, “Paddington in Peru” sees Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishaw) receive a letter from Peru telling him that his beloved Aunt Lucy has inexplicably gone missing from her jungle cabin at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown family in tow, adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and to the mountain peaks of Peru.
The returning cast includes Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, Madeleine Harris and Samuel Joslin, with Olivia Colman, Emily Mortimer, Carla Tous and Antonio Banderas as new additions.
Studiocanal developed and fully financed “Paddington in Peru” and is handling distribution in the U.K., France, Germany, Benelux, Poland, Australia and New Zealand, as well as through partners in China and Japan. Sony Pictures will distribute the film in the U.S., Canada and other key international territories including Latin America.
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