Filming for 'Paddington 3' movie is set to start in 2022 goss 08/07/2021 'Paddington 3' is set to start filming early next year. StudioCanal has announced the third instalment of the live-action and animated film series - which is based on Michael Bond's Paddington Bear character - will start shooting in the second quarter of 2022. During the Cannes Film Festival, the studio's CEO Anna Marsh said: "Our beloved bear is truly part of the family." The highly anticipated sequel - which follows 2014's 'Paddington' and 2017's 'Paddington 2' - will have a story by Paul King, Simon Farnaby and Mark Burton, and a screenplay penned by James Lamont, Jon Foster and Burton.