Did you forget that a fourth Bridget Jones movie was on the way? I sure did! It’s been eight years since Bridget Jones’s Baby, and now Renée Zellweger returns to her iconic role for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, which has a bit of a somber tone to it.
As seen in the new trailer, Bridget Jones is dealing with some things she’s never had to before. Being a mother of two, for one thing, but also being a widow. While Zellwegger is back, and so is Hugh Grant who returns as former lover Daniel Cleaver, you’ll find that Colin Firth is not back as Mark, for reasons that become clear early in the footage. Like I said, a bit somber.
That said, these are Bridget Jones movies and she’s gonna need some lovin’. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall, both new to the cast, seem to be pretty good prospects. Joining them are Jim Broadbent, Isla Fisher, Gemma Jones, Nico Parker, Josette Simon, and Leila Farzad.
The film is directed by Michael Morris, whose feature debut was the acclaimed-but-controversial drama To Leslie.
This is Zellweger’s first role since Judy in 2019, in which she gave a performance that won her Best Actress at the Academy Awards.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy hits Peacock on February 13th 2025.
SYNOPSIS: Bridget Jones first blasted onto bookshelves in Helen Fielding’s literary phenomenon Bridget Jones’s Diary, which became a global bestseller and a blockbuster film. As a single career woman living in London, Bridget Jones not only introduced the world to her romantic adventures, but added “Singletons,” “Smug-Marrieds” and “f—wittage” into the global lexicon. Bridget’s ability to triumph despite adversity led her to finally marry top lawyer Mark Darcy and to become the mother of their baby boy. Happiness at last. But in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget is alone once again, widowed four years ago, when Mark (Oscar® winner Colin Firth) was killed on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan. She’s now a single mother to 9-year-old Billy and 4-year-old Mabel, and is stuck in a state of emotional limbo, raising her children with help from her loyal friends and even her former lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant).
