Paul King will not be abandoning Paddington entirely though, as he is on board as an executive producer for the third movie.
Aside from the two Paddington movies, King wrote and directed the 2009 comedy/drama Bunny and the Bull starring Edward Hogg and Simon Farnaby.
In addition to directing 2014’s Paddington and the 2017 follow-up Paddington 2, King also wrote the first movie and co-wrote the second movie with Simon Farnaby.
Much of this success was due to the direction of Paul King, whose short back-catalog is made up of two-thirds of bear-centric ventures.