<P> Peter Rabbit is a 2018 live - action / computer - animated comedy film directed by Will Gluck and written by Rob Lieber and Gluck, based on the stories of Peter Rabbit created by Beatrix Potter . The film stars the voice of James Corden as the title character, with Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, Sam Neill, Daisy Ridley, Elizabeth Debicki, and Margot Robbie also starring . The film was released on February 9, 2018, received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed over $341 million worldwide, making it the tenth highest - grossing film of 2018 . A sequel is set for a February 7, 2020 release . </P> <P> In England's Lake District Peter Rabbit, his cousin Benjamin Bunny, and Peter's triplet sisters (who can be distinguished by the colour of jackets they each wear) Flopsy (red), Mopsy (yellow), and Cottontail (teal), spend most of their days picking on Mr. Joe McGregor and stealing vegetables from his garden . They are friends with a local woman named Bea who spends her time painting pictures of the rabbits as well as the surrounding nature . Bea takes on a mother - like relationship with the rabbits due to the death of their mother and father . One day Peter is forced to leave his jacket in McGregor's garden and goes back to retrieve it . McGregor spots and catches him, but suddenly dies of a heart attack, due to decades of unhealthy eating habits . Enthralled, Peter invites all of the woodland critters, and then takes over McGregor's manor . </P> <P> Meanwhile in London, McGregor's grandnephew Thomas McGregor, an uptight, controlling workaholic, works at the toy department of Harrods department store where he waits for a promotion to associate general manager . He indifferently accepts the news about his great - uncle's death, someone he was completely unaware of, but is infuriated over losing the promotion to a lazy nephew of the managing director and is fired for losing his temper . His now former manager encourages him to to get a hobby and spend some time in the country . </P> <P> When Thomas learns that his great - uncle's manor is valuable and that he's inherited it, he decides to appraise and prepare it for resale in order to start his own toy store to rival Harrods . He kicks out Peter and his friends and begins to upgrade the security of the garden wall and gates, despite Bea's objections . When Peter and Benjamin sneak back into the garden, Thomas catches the latter and attempts to drown Benjamin . His cousins rescue him; Thomas instead accidentally drops the binoculars that Bea had given him earlier, forcing him into the river to retrieve it . </P>

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