Paddington 4 has received a disappointing update despite the success of the third film in the franchise, Paddington in Peru last year. In September 2024, a StudioCanal executive had confirmed that a fourth Paddington film was in the works to tie in with the bear’s 70th anniversary in 2028.
However, producer Rosie Alison has called this announcement “premature” and said that Paddington’s future depends on the third film’s reception at the global box office. The movie will be released in multiple territories throughout January and February, including Australia, the US, and Europe.
She told Screen Daily:”We have to wait and see how this one performs in the rest of the world and the States, as we hope it will. We will see how things look by Easter. But hopefully. There’s a very clear hint of what might happen next at the end of this film.”
She continued: “Obviously I love the first two films, but I feel very protective about the third film – mindful that we were going to be up against it if everybody was saying ‘It’s not as good as Paddington 2’, but feeling that it does have its own qualities and that it was worth doing.”
Paddington in Peru released in the UK in November and received positive reviews from critics as well as box office success.
In its opening weekend alone, it scored the biggest opening of the year for a British-produced movie, as well as the best since Bond’s No Time To Die which released in 2021. The three-day total amounted to £9.65 million, beating the first two films which made £5.1 million and £8.2 million in their opening weekends.
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Paddington 4 has received a disappointing update (Image: StudioCanal)
Up until now it has made $51.2 million but it remains to seen how the film is received in other parts of the world.
The first Paddington film released back in 2014 which was followed by Paddington 2 which came out in 2017.
As well as the films, a television series was announced in 2017, titled The Adventures of Paddington.
The series was launched worldwide on Nickelodeon and aired for the first time on January 20 2020.
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Paddington in Peru released in the UK in November last year (Image: StudioCanal)
The famous bear first appeared in the children’s book A Bear Called Paddington by British author Michael Bond on October 13, 1958.
He featured in 29 books by the author, with the last, Paddington at St Paul’s being published posthumously in 2018.
The character has become a classic character in children’s literature, with the iconic bear known for his old red hat, brown suitcase, blue duffel coat and insatiable love for marmalade.
Paddington in Peru is still available to watch in select UK cinemas