Trail of the Pink Panther ex-wife Lady Simone (Capucine). All of these interview scenes provides flashbacks to scenes of earlier Pink Panther films ("The Pink Panther", "A Shot in the Dark", "Return of the Pink Panther", "The Pink Panther Strikes Again", and "Revenge of the Pink Panther"); but Jouvet also interviews Clouseau's father (Richard Mulligan), at his winery in the south of France, providing glimpses of Clouseau's childhood (wherein he is played by Lucca Mezzofanti), and his early career during college, nearly leading him to commit suicide after a girl of his life gets married to another person, especially in the French Resistance (in which
The Pink Panther was released in February 2006 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and was co-produced with Columbia Pictures. It is set in the present day and introduces different main characters, therefore belonging to a different continuity. Martin also stars in the sequel, "The Pink Panther 2," released in 2009. On March 31, 2014, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced plans to develop a new live-action/animated "Pink Panther" film, which it said would be directed by David Silverman and produced by Walter Mirisch and Julie Andrews (who, in addition to her career accomplishments, is Blake Edwards' widow). This film would not focus on Inspector Clouseau, but it will instead focus