The third Paddington movie, Paddington in Peru, has yet to premiere in theaters, but that’s not stopping StudioCanal, the company who owns the Paddington rights, from making the marmalade-loving bear a “worldwide cultural phenomenon.”
At this year’s Brand Licensing Europe convention, Françoise Guyonnet, CEO of StudioCanal, Kids & Family shared (via The Hollywood Reporter) that the company is “working on a new TV series and a new movie to come in 2027, ’28,” centered on Paddington, with the 2028 movie marking the seventieth anniversary of the bear’s appearance.
The good news for fans is that there’s plenty of Paddington coming our way before 2027. There’s Paddington in Peru, of course, which is set to come out in the U.S. on January 17, 2025. That movie sees the bear head back to his homeland to visit his Aunt Lucy, only to end up on an adventure in the Amazon rainforest and the mountains of Peru. StudioCanal is also putting out Paddington: The Musical at the end of 2025, which features music and lyrics by Tom Fletcher, a script from Jessica Swale, and direction by Luke Sheppard. Paddington now has his own TikTok account and also will be featured in a Roblox game coming out this November, giving you the option of living an “all Paddington all the time” lifestyle, if you’re so inclined. But remember, as Guyonnet said at the conference, “we are [dealing] with Paddington, so it’s not about money, it’s about kindness. So you are winning prizes the more marmalade you cook.”
