VEEP Creator Armando Iannucci Set to Write Sequel PADDINGTON 4; Director Dougal Wilson in Talks to Return
The sequel Paddington 4 is in the works, and Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated Veep creator Armando Iannucci has signed on to write the script.
Iannucci will be joined on screenplay duties by his long-standing and fellow Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated co-writer Simon Blackwell, who served as a key writer on both Veep and The Thick of It.
Dougal Wilson, the award-winning commercial and music video director who made his feature debut with the third film, Paddington in Peru, is in talks to return.
The fourth Paddington movie was only officially announced earlier this year. At CinemaCon, Studiocanal CEO and Canal+ Chief Content Officer Anna Marsh revealed that the film was in development, but shared little else other than that “world-renowned comedy writers” had been hired.
Rosie Alison (Paddington, Paddington 2, Paddington in Peru), who first came up with the idea to give Michael Bond’s red-hatted bear the live-action-meets-VFX big screen treatment some 20 years ago, continues as producer for Heyday Films.
Stay tuned for updates.
via: Variety