Based on Michael Bond’s line of books in the 50s, Paddington is an upcoming live-action/CGI reboot-like adaptation of that material. What used to be a charming little teddy bear in a coat is now some kind of horrible monstrosity. Just look at this header image and tell me that’s not freaky looking. Don’t get me wrong, bears can be cute (remember that bear in the hammock news story floating around a week or so ago?) and Paddington was one of the cutest, but boy does this look bad.
But can you judge a film’s quality by a few images? Why yes you can because the other information provided doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. It stars Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth will voice the titular bear, and the film is about Paddington avoiding a brutal taxidermy end. Maybe it’ll be fun after all.
Paddington releases in theaters Christmas Day. Here’s a handy synopsis:
[via Flicks and Bits]
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.
But when Paddington catches the eye of a sinister, seductive taxidermist, it isn’t long before his home – and very existence – is under threat …
