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Paddington 2 is a 2017 live-action animated comedy film directed by Paul King and written by King and Simon Farnaby.Based on the stories of Paddington Bear, created by Michael Bond (to whom the film is also dedicated, Bond having died that year), it is the sequel to Paddington (2014), and is produced by Heyday Films and StudioCanal UK.
L-R: Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Mathew Baynton, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond and Jim Howick at the 2011 Children's BAFTAs. Farnaby has worked extensively with the Them There collective of six writers and actors, who started as principal members of the cast of the CBBC live-action series Horrible Histories, where he played offbeat characters including Caligula and Death.
It was also announced that Paul King would direct and co-write with Simon Farnaby. [3] By October 2016, the cast of Paddington – Hugh Bonneville , Sally Hawkins , Julie Walters , Jim Broadbent , Peter Capaldi , Madeleine Harris , Samuel Joslin , Ben Whishaw and Imelda Staunton – were confirmed to be returning for the sequel, joined by new ...
Actor Simon Farnaby—who played the role of the butler alongside the queen and a security guard in both Paddington and Paddington 2—recently dropp.
The trio contributed to the previous films and took over screenplay duties on “Paddington in Peru” when King and Simon Farnaby (who co-wrote the second and has cameos across all three) got ...
“Paddington 2 ” (2017) was the high point of the series, hailed by many as a masterpiece, and the third film, “Paddington in Peru,” was always going to be a bit of a letdown. Director Paul ...
[25] [36] King developed the screenplay with his Paddington 2 (2017) collaborator Simon Farnaby, with additional material from Jeff Nathanson, Simon Rich, and Simon Stephenson. [37] [38] He did not consider the film a musical, but "a movie with songs", noting that the Oompa Loompas sang in the book and Dahl's usage of poetry. [39] He cited Oliver!
And, with his “Paddington 2” co-writer Simon Farnaby (of “stop that stunning sister” fame), he would spend years toiling over what they’re calling a companion piece to the Gene Wilder ...