"Paddington in Peru" Trailer Is Here

The official trailer for “Paddington in Peru,” the third adventure about the lovable bear with a fondness for marmalade, has finally been released.

Dougal Wilson directed the movie, which, as the title suggests, brings Paddington’s story to Peru as he returns to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears.

With the Brown Family in tow, a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and to the mountain peaks of Peru.

Ben Whishaw and Imelda Staunton are returning as Paddington and Aunt Lucy, with Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Antonio Banderas, Olivia Colman, and Rachel Zegler rounding out the live-action cast.

The footage opens with a young Paddington in peril as his attempt to grab an orange accidentally sends him tumbling down a river until his aunt hears his roars and comes to save him. Their tender, loving relationship immediately sets the personal stakes high when the bear receives a missive from the Reverend Mother about her disappearance.

Fortunately, the Brown family has become just as close to him since his first appearance on the big screen, and they're more than willing to go on a holiday to Peru to help him. After some mischief and an encounter with Banderas's charismatic riverboat captain, they discover that Lucy was on a quest of her own, one that may lead to the lost city of gold, El Dorado - and no, not the restaurant Paddington stopped at.

The problem though is nobody knows where the legendary city is, leaving the entire rainforest open to investigation. Paddington isn't willing to give up so easily though, and faces giant boulders, river rapids, storms, and a gold madness-crazed Cabot to find Lucy.

StudioCanal fully financed and developed the movie and will distribute it across the U.K., France, Germany, Benelux, Poland, Australia and New Zealand, as well as through partners in China and Japan.

Sony Pictures will distribute in the U.S., Canada and other international territories including Latin America.

Mark Burton, Jon Foster, and James Lamont wrote the screenplay from a story by Paul King, Simon Farnaby and Mark.

The first entries of the trilogy, all based on the children’s series by British author Michael Bond, have generated more than $500 million at the global box office.

David Heyman and Rosie Alison produced the film. Executive producers were Paul King, Anna Marsh, Ron Halpern, Dan MacRae, Tim Wellspring, Jeffrey Clifford, and Naoya Kinoshita.

The Irish Film Classification Office recently confirmed that the entry will ultimately clock in at 106 minutes, just a hair above Paddington 2's 104-minute runtime.

“Paddington in Peru” is set to release on January 17, 2025, in the United States, about two months after it lands in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2024.