In the new issue of **Empire **- onsale on Thursday - we ask, 'Who exactly *is *Paddington Bear?' This tiny furry icon makes his long-awaited debut on the big screen next month in **Paddington, **and between that article and this new trailer, viewers should have a better notion of what the little Peruvian is all about. Click below for a closer look.
After a teaser that majored on Paddington's appetite for destruction, this promo sets the story in motion. There's the furry meet-cute with the Brown family at a certain train station, the arrival at Windsor Gardens and some London Transport-based predicaments to be faced. Worst, there's Nicole Kidman's crazed taxidermist, Millicent, on the prowl for a bear meeting Paddington's description to add to her collection.
"It’s a big story," explains Paul King, the man who has overseen all this, of the bear's origins. "He migrates from Peru, he loses his family [and] his home is destroyed in an earthquake. It’s a proper Finding Nemo-esque tragedy to kick things off. It’s about something quite primal: this quest to find a home." And then, of course, scour the place for marmalade. With a supporting cast that also boasts Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent and Peter Capaldi as Mr. Curry (boo! hiss! etc.), our duffle-coated hero will be landing on cinema screens from November 28.