Thread: Paddington Bear The Movie
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11th May 2012, 9:33 AM #1
Paddington Bear The Movie
Studiocanal is teaming with "Harry Potter" producer David Heyman on "Paddington Bear," a CGI live-action movie of Michael Bond's best-selling children's books.
Brit helmer Paul King, BAFTA-nommed for British TV comedy series "Come Fly With Me" and "The Mighty Boosh," will direct. Studiocanal will finance and distribute in the U.K., France and Germany, and handle world sales elsewhere in a now tried-and-tested practice with its production partners.
"Paddington" is one of Studiocanal's most ambitious projects to date.
Drawing inspiration from the book series first published in 1958, the currently untitled movie is described as a modern take on Paddington, a talking, accident-prone young bear from Darkest Peru who's found at Paddington Station and adopted by a London family.
Paddington books have sold more than 35 million copies in 40 languages.
A Heyman passion project, a Paddington movie was first set up at Warner Bros. in 2007.
Heyman said, "Paddington Bear is a universally loved character, treasured for his optimism, his sense of fair play and his perfect manners -- and of course for his unintentional talent for comic chaos.
"Michael Bond's books offer such wit and wonder, and I am so delighted at this chance to bring Paddington to the big screen."
Studiocanal chairman-CEO Olivier Courson, added, "David Heyman has had tremendous success adapting great British literary works for cinema."
For Studiocanal, Paddington is a major step-up in its drive into family entertainment. It bought Ben Stassen's Brussels-based nWave 3D studio in 2010 and saw great success with the Stassen-helmed toon "Sammy's Adventures," which grossed $75 million worldwide.
Joann Sfar and "Rango" producer John Carls are working on English-language 3D toon feature "Little Vampire" for Studiocanal. Another toon, "Ernest and Celestine," will play Cannes' Directors' Fortnight.
According to Courson, few family features hit the indie market. In March, he described British family comedies with universal appeal as a production priority for Studiocanal.Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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11th May 2012, 9:59 AM #2
However they do it, I don't think it'll be quite as endearing as the puppet was in the 70s TV series.
That siad, it's a fairly good sign that they're doing the book, though I'm sure it'll need some updating now.
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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11th May 2012, 10:24 AM #3
"Sticky bears are sixpence." Wouldn't mean a thing to a modern audience.
Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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11th May 2012, 1:56 PM #4
and will they keep the delightful TV theme tune??
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11th May 2012, 10:33 PM #5
the WHAT???!
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11th May 2012, 10:37 PM #6
You know - dah dah dah-dah dah dah-dah daaaah dah (dah-dah dah-dah)
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12th May 2012, 2:21 AM #7
They're making a *************** movie of this???
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12th May 2012, 9:07 AM #8
Yes, that's what the whole thread is about Phil
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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12th May 2012, 9:45 AM #9
It's surprising it's taken this long. Who remembers the rumours about the Mr Benn film that got cancelled?
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12th May 2012, 2:54 PM #10
I don't believe it!
I don't see how my memories of Paddington Bear can translate to the big screen
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14th May 2012, 2:24 PM #11
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Won't be the same without the voice of michael Hordern...
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14th May 2012, 8:56 PM #12
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15th May 2012, 12:24 AM #13
"The book series is a disgrace, because it sets out that Britain is a soft touch for illegal immigrants", said a Sun journalist ...
Mark my words, bears from around the world will be flocking here in their thousands knowing they can get their marmalade free on benefits paid for by the UK taxpayer.
[In other words, attitudes to people turning up on our country have somewhat changed]Remember, just because Davros is dead doesn't mean the Dalek menace has been contained ......
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15th May 2012, 6:38 AM #14Mark my words, bears from around the world will be flocking here in their thousands knowing they can get their marmalade free on benefits paid for by the UK taxpayer.
"Mr and Mrs Brown were found dead today in their house at 32 Windsor Gardens. They had been savagely mauled by a bear of their keeping. It is understood that they had been forcing the bear to dress up in a raincoat, hat and wellington boots and had been under the delusion that it could talk."
All wrong. Paddington is the sweetest, most innocent thing there is!Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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15th May 2012, 11:14 PM #15
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16th May 2012, 3:57 PM #16
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It's quite all right, the deceased weren't real. (Not unlike myself...)
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17th May 2012, 9:39 AM #17
So Stuart, do you mean that you're not real, or that you're not deceased?
Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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17th May 2012, 4:50 PM #18
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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18th May 2012, 8:59 AM #19
I hope the adventure extends as far as spilling marmalade on the back seat of a taxi and losing one of Mr. Brown's shoes.
"PADDINGTON!" roared Mr. Brown. "Where's my shoe?"
"Oh dear," said Paddington. It had been the perfect size to keep his marmalade sandwich safe. How was he going to tell Mr. Brown that he had left it on the 7.25 train to Bristol? Mr. Brown would need very long legs indeed if he had one shoe in London and one shoe in Bristol, thought Paddington.
Empire Magazine claimed that, in an unusual move, this film would be shot with a cast of entirely CGI humans who interact with a real live bear.... they later admitted that it would be the other way round!Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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18th May 2012, 3:28 PM #20
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"From the producer of Harry Potter"... So that's platform 9 3/4 on that poster then...
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20th May 2012, 9:40 PM #21
In some ways it's so wrong, but I can't help but love that poster!
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21st May 2012, 1:38 AM #22
Unlock the secret of the Magic Marmalade!
Remember, just because Davros is dead doesn't mean the Dalek menace has been contained ......
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21st May 2012, 2:37 PM #23
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I don't think it's the magic marmalade you've been nibbling on...
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