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Amando Iannucci has been confirmed arsenic co-writer connected Paddington 4 alongside long-time collaborator Simon Blackwell.
The 4th characteristic successful nan family-focused $700 cardinal container agency franchise was first teased by Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh astatine CinemaCon successful April. No communicative specifications person been released arsenic yet.
It will travel 2024’s Paddington successful Peru for which Paul King (Wonka), Simon Farnaby (Paddington 2) wrote nan surface communicative pinch Mark Burton (Shaun nan Sheep Movie), who besides took screenplay credits pinch Jon Foster and James Lamont.
Iannucci and Blackwell antecedently worked together connected deed governmental satires Veep and The Thick Of It.
Directed by Dougal Wilson, pinch Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas and Ben Whishaw successful nan cast, that accumulation was nan costliest yet pinch a fund of astir $90m, but nan slightest successful astatine nan container agency grossing astir $211m worldwide.
London-set Paddington 2, changeable connected a fund of astir $40m, made $290m, while nan original 2014 characteristic grossed $333m.
Variety was nan first to study nan news of Iannucci and Blackwell’s being signing arsenic co-writers. Studiocanal has confirmed nan news to Deadline.
The aforesaid Variety study suggested that Wilson, who took up nan baton connected nan franchise from Paul King, is besides successful talks to nonstop nan 4th feature, but this has not been confirmed by Studiocanal.
