Bridget Jones 4 has been officially confirmed, with Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant set to reprise their iconic roles.
The fourth installment in the acclaimed franchise, based on the books by Helen Fielding, will be titled Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, with Zellweger returning as the witty bachelor, along with Grant as lover Daniel Cleaver. The Mail On Sunday confirmed that the film will begin filming in May.
Emma Thompson, who played Doctor Rawlings in 2016’s Bridget Jones’s Baby, is also back, with Chiwetel Ejiofor and White Lotus and One Day star Leo Woodall will also star, according to THR.
To Leslie director Michael Morris will direct the film, based on the 2013 novel of the same name, from a screenplay written by author Fielding.
It is unknown if Mark Darcy actor Colin Firth will appear in any capacity (his character was revealed to have been killed off in the novel) with Mad About The Boy following Jones as a single mother of two navigating the movie scene. dating, apps and a cross-age romance.
Bridget Jones 4 has been officially confirmed, with Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant set to reprise their iconic roles. In the photo, Zellwegger as Bridget Jones.
The fourth installment in the acclaimed franchise, based on the books by Helen Fielding, will be titled Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, with Zellweger returning as the witty bachelor, alongside Grant as Daniel Cleaver; Colin Firth’s Mark Darcy has been murdered. in the photo from 2004)
Universal will release the film on Peacock on Valentine’s Day 2025, while internationally it will be released in theaters.
A film source told The Mail On Sunday in February: ‘Bridget is back and she’s about to take over London. Filming is already being planned and all pre-production is underway.
‘There was some uncertainty about whether it would take off, but the movie is coming.
‘Renee is excited to bring Bridget back. She loves the character very much. Bridget Jones fever is expected to sweep London this spring.
The most recent film, released in 2016, saw Bridget shocked when she discovered she was pregnant.
She ended up marrying Mark, the high-profile lawyer for whom she had had on-again, off-again feelings throughout the three films. It was also revealed that he was the father of her baby.
Grant did not appear in that film as Cleaver was initially assumed to be dead. In the end, however, a newspaper report appeared saying that he had been found alive.
After the film and after the novel Mad About The Boy, a book was published based on that story, although it was developed earlier. And in Mad About The Boy, Mark Darcy is dead, leaving Jones a widow, although it’s unknown if the film will be faithful to that.
White Lotus and One Day star Leo Woodall will also star
Chiwetel Ejiofor to star in film set to be released on Valentine’s Day 2025
The most recent film, released in 2016, saw Bridget shocked when she discovered she was pregnant. She ended up marrying Mark, the high-profile lawyer for whom she had had on-again, off-again feelings throughout the three films. It was also revealed that he was the father of her baby.
The first film, Bridget Jones’s Diary, was released in 2001 and grossed £222 million at the box office, more than ten times what it cost to make.
When asked about a fourth installment of the film, Fielding previously told Radio Times: “Every film that gets made is a miracle.” I think it’s really hard to make movies, make them real and make them good, and we want it to be really good. But I really hope so. I would love to see it on screen.”
There were rumors last year that the film had been canceled due to strikes by American actors, but sources said such claims were “nonsense.”
The first film, Bridget Jones’s Diary, was released in 2001 and grossed £222 million at the box office, more than ten times what it cost to make. Zellweger’s last film was the 2019 biopic of Judy Garland.