Principal photography gets underway on 17 October on the second screen outing for the little bear from Darkest Peru.

Paddington 2 is once again helmed by Paul King who is calling the shots from a screenplay he wrote with Simon Farnaby. David Heyman of Heyday Films is back in the producer”s chair.

The film is using two major UK studios – PI subscribers can log in for details on these as well as key hires including the UPM, production designer, casting director and production co-ordinator.

Paddington”s first iteration as star of the silver screen – with Ben Whishaw providing the voice – earned critical plaudits as well as audience acclaim and went on to take a hefty $265m worldwide, the highest-grossing UK film of 2014.

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