Paddington 4: Armando Iannucci to write the next film about the bear and Thick of It and Veep cowriter | Video

Paddington is about to get even more attention, with the producer of The Thick of It and Veep Armando Iannucci Set up to record the next cinematic adventure of the bear.

Miscellaneous report on Tuesday that the fourth Paddington film will be written by Iannucci and his longtime collaborator Simon Blackwell, who wrote with Iannucci on The Thick of It, In The Loop and Veep.

Iannucci has collaborated with Alan Partridge and Steve Coogan and The Day Today with Chris Morris, and is best known for his political comedy on television. The Thick of It, based on the UK government’s fictional Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship, introduced Malcolm Tucker to the world: a foul-mouthed and feared No 10 spin doctor played by Peter Capaldi.

Iannucci also created Veep, his US political satire starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the incompetent and ruthless vice president, which won 17 Emmys, including two for Iannucci. His film Thick of It spin-off In the Loop, which he directed and co-wrote with Blackwell, Jesse Armstrong and Tony Roche, was nominated for an Academy Award for best actor.

Iannucci also directed and co-wrote the 2017 dark drama The Death of Stalin, and directed the 2019 The Personal History of David Copperfield, which he also co-wrote with Blackwell.

When the fourth Paddington When the film was announced earlier this year, Studiocanal chief Anna Marsh said “world-renowned screenwriters” had been hired to write it but revealed some details.

Variety reported Tuesday that Dougal Wilson, who made his third Paddington film in Peru, is in talks to return for the next installment.

So far the Paddington franchise has made more than $800m (£594m, A$1.11bn) at the worldwide box office. For a while Paddington 2 was Best reviewed film on Rotten Tomatoes in the history of this page.

The first two films were directed by Paul King, who was written for him directing the film Labubu.