Hugh Grant and Brendan Gleeson in first-look trailer for new Paddington film
Everyone’s favourite Marmalade-loving bear is back on the big screen later this year.
The first look at the Paddington sequel offers an early glimpse of a mustachioed Hugh Grant in a suit of armour as a narcissistic actor, as well as Brendan Gleeson as a notorious criminal.
Paddington 2 will see Ben Whishaw reprise his role as the marmalade-loving bear from darkest Peru, while Julie Walters, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Peter Capaldi and Jim Broadbent also return.
The movie will follow Paddington’s quest to apprehend the thief of a rare pop-up book he has bought for his Aunt Lucy’s 100th birthday, after taking on a string of odd jobs to foot the bill.
Grant joins the cast as fallen local celebrity Phoenix Buchanan, while Gleeson will star as Knuckles McGinty, a baker and safecracker.
The footage also shows the brave bear racing through London on the back of a dog.
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