Some of the earliest trailers for the live-action/CGI adaptation Paddington were curiously silent, or at least we never heard the famous marmalade sandwich-loving bear say anything. It was strange because he was voiced by Oscar winner Colin Firth, and Weinstein would want to highlight that. We soon found out why as Firth and the producers amicably agreed to go separate ways, with Ben Whishaw (Skyfall) coming on board soon after. Now we're finally getting a chance to hear Paddington with Whishaw providing the vocals in this new trailer.
The human cast is made up of Nicole Kidman, Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Hugh Bonneville, and Peter Capaldi, with Imelda Staunton and Michael Gambon providing additional voicework. It's already hard to find a Brit feature that doesn't include at least one Harry Potter alum, but Paddington has a handful. Paddington opens January 26th 2015. Check out the trailer and synopsis below.
Paddington – Official International Trailer #3 by itsartmag
Adapted from Michael Bond’s beloved books, Paddington follows the comic misadventures of a polite young bear with an endearing talent for comic chaos.
Paddington has grown up deep in the Peruvian jungle with his Aunt Lucy who, inspired by a chance encounter with an English explorer, has raised her nephew to dream of an exciting life in London. When an earthquake destroys their home, Aunt Lucy decides to smuggle her young nephew on board a boat bound for England, in search of a better life. Arriving alone at Paddington Station, Paddington soon finds that city life is not all he had imagined – until he meets the kindly Brown family, who find him with a label tied around his neck which reads ‘Please look after this bear. Thank you.’ They offer him a temporary home whilst he searches for the explorer who impressed Aunt Lucy all those years before.
