Paddington 2 is a 2017 live-action animated comedy film directed by Paul King and written by King and Simon Farnaby, based on the stories of Paddington Bear, created by Michael Bond (to whom the film is also dedicated, Bond having died that year). It is the second in the Paddington film series. The film, a British-French-Luxembourgish co-production, stars Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington, with Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi and Hugh Grant in live-action roles. In the film, after Paddington is framed and imprisoned for a burglary that he did not commit, he and his family have to find the real culprit and prove his innocence.

Plot

Having found a home with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, Paddington begins working to buy a pop-up book of London in Samuel Gruber's antique shop for his aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, performing several odd jobs such as window cleaning and saving his wages. One night, he witnesses a burglary at the shop, in which the book is stolen. Paddington pursues the thief, but is framed and arrested, and the thief, revealed to be the Browns' neighbour, actor Phoenix Buchanan, escapes with the book. With no evidence of the thief's existence, Paddington is convicted and sentenced to ten years in prison.