StudioCanal is suing Avalon after Spitting Image portrayed the marmalade-loving bear as a coked-up podcaster.

Paddington Bear has become a quintessential part of British culture and is known for being an adorable, accident-prone character from ‘darkest Peru’.

However, a recent video showed the sweet bear as something far less wholesome.

Avalon, the producers of Spitting Image, showed Paddington as a foul-mouthed podcast host in an episode titled Spitting Image Presents: The Rest is Bulls*!t, which was released in the summer.

StudioCanal, the producer of the Paddington movies, and the holders of the rights to the beloved bear, are now suing Avalon.

Deadline revealed that the claimants have filed a High Court complaint citing copyright and design right concerns, but details about the cl

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