After producing two critically acclaimed feature films in 2014 and 2017, StudioCanal and producer David Heyman’s Heyday Films are set to take Paddington to the small screen with a new CG-animated series on Nickelodeon. The series, which is going by the working title Paddington, “will follow the marmalade sandwich-loving bear on adventures through London with […]
Failing On The Basics: Why You Can’t Fix a Film Which Never Had the Right Foundations
Tom Jolliffe on why trying to salvage a film in post production is pointless if you never had the basics right in the first place… So Justice League came out. I’d say too much fanfare but whilst there was undoubtedly excitement, and whilst it has inevitably made a lot of money already (not as much […]
Exclusive Interview: Paddington 2 stars Hugh Bonneville, Madeleine Harris & Samuel Joslin
Paddington 2 arrives in UK cinemas this Friday, November 10th, and Flickering Myth’s Thomas Harris has been chatting to actors Hugh Bonneville, Madeleine Harris and Samuel Joslin about reprising their roles as the Brown family, and what they might like to see in future Paddington sequels; watch the interview below, or find it over on […]
StudioCanal developing new animated Paddington series
With the feature film sequel Paddington 2 on the horizon, StudioCanal has announced that it is bringing the marmalade-loving bear back to the small screen for a new animated series. Variety reports that the new show will be based on Michael Bond’s beloved Paddington Bear stories, and will consist of 52 episodes running 11 minutes […]
The Week in Movies – Alien: Covenant behind the scenes images and casting news! Ghostbusters theme! Transformers 5 images! Indy 5! The Rock in Wolf Man and more!
The Week in Star Wars’ Luke Owen takes over The Week in Movies this week, with news from Alien: Covenant, Ghostbusters, Transformers: The Last Knight, The Wolf-Man, Sharknado 4 and more… The Week in Movies is (usually) an excerpt from the weekly Flickering Myth Super Newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox […]
StudioCanal planning a third Paddington movie
Last month it was announced that Paddington 2 will start shooting in October ahead of a scheduled release next year, but StudioCanal is already looking beyond that, with The Tracking Board reporting that plans are already underway for a third movie. StudioCanal have acquired Paddington and Company, giving them complete ownership of the Paddington Bear […]
Paddington 2 to start shooting later this year
StudioCanal has announced that production on its upcoming sequel to 2014’s Paddington will go into production in the UK this October. Paul King is returning to direct the film, and while the cast is yet to be announced it is expected that Ben Whishaw will be back to voice the titular bear alongside Hugh Bonneville […]
Paddington 2 confirmed, with Paul King returning to write and direct
StudioCanal is pressing ahead with family comedy sequel Paddington 2 and has secured the first film’s director Paul King to return, according to a report over at Deadline. SEE ALSO: Paddington becomes StudioCanal’s quickest film to sell 1 million copies on Blu-ray and DVD SEE ALSO: Watch a trailer for the first Paddington film As […]
Paddington becomes StudioCanal’s quickest film to sell 1 million copies on Blu-ray and DVD
StudioCanal has announced that the wildly-successful Paddington has reached the 1 million sales mark in the quickest time ever for the distributor. Paddington reached the milestone of Blu-ray and DVD sales in just five months, and follows on from the film becoming StudioCanal’s highest-grossing cinema release of all time. It is also the fourth title […]
The Week in Blu-Ray: UK Edition – Paddington, The Drop, The Homesman, Network, Rollerball
Senior Staff Writer Scott Davis continues his weekly look at all things Blu-ray… Paddington Talk about your Christmas blockbusters. One of the UK’s biggest films of last year, Paddington charmed the crowds to the tune of £37 million, and became Studio Canal’s biggest film ever beating out last year’s Non Stop with a worldwide gross […]