This is news that makes me very, very happy indeed.

Brit film site HeyUGuys reports this morning that Harry Potter producer David Heyman is teaming up with Studio Canal to finally bring author Michael Bond’s beloved bear to the multiplex.

Here’s the nut graf:

“The film will be a mixture of CG and live action, a move which is unsurprising given the ground laid by the Garfields and Smurfs of this world. No casting has been announced yet, perhaps Stephen Fry will have a cameo and maybe Noel Fielding will make good on his desire to play the Peruvian cousin of Paddington.”

Read the full story here.