Almost a decade after we last saw them together on our screens, Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant are both officially reprising their roles in Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, the fourth Bridget Jones movie which is once again based on a best-selling novel by Helen Fielding.
Fans of the movie franchise will remember that 2001 introduced us to Bridget in all her chaotic and lovable glory in Bridget Jones's Diary, then followed Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason shortly afterward in 2004. We then had a wait until 2016 for Bridget Jones's Baby, which saw Bridget find herself pregnant and unsure who the father is following a break up with Mark.
Spoiler alert — Bridget and Mark marry at the end of the third movie giving fans the fairytale ending they always wished for. However, for those of you who haven't read "Mad About the Boy you are in for a bit of a shock because there is a huge Mr Darcy-shaped twist in this next installment.
Here is everything you need to know about Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy...
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy release date
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy will be released in the UK and on Peacock in the US on Thursday, February 13, 2025 - just in time for Valentine's Day.
The movie is also due for release on Thursday, February 13 in Australia.
Is there a trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy?
Yes, and it is every bit as brilliant as you might imagine. It has a surprise appearance from Colin Firth as Mark Darcy, but sadly he is just a figment of Bridget's imagination as she heads to yet another dinner party alone.
However, there is new romance on the cards for Bridget... hurrah!
You can watch the full trailer below...
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy plot
The fourth film is once again based on the novels of Helen Fielding and this latest installment finds Bridget in her fifties with two children and adjusting to life after the sudden loss of her husband Mark Darcy who was killed four years ago while on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan.
It takes time, but everybody around her — friends, family, gynecologist et al — is pushing her to move forward. It isn't long before a friend signs Bridget up for a dating app, and she meets a dreamy and enthusiastic park ranger in his late 20s who is quickly smitten - enter Leo Woodall's Roxter!
With Bridget's glow back and confidence sky high, the seemingly perfect mums at the kids' school are far less daunting and life is fun. Until Roxter does a runner. Left high and dry, she's better at getting back on her feet and finds, once again, that what she’s been looking for is right under her nose. Will Bridget get the happy ever after she deserves?
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy cast
Of course, no Bridget Jones movie would be complete without, well, Bridget! Renee Zellweger is back, along with Hugh Grant as the ever-charming Daniel Cleaver and Colin Firth will feature as the late Mark Darcy - a figment of Bridget's imagination.
Hugh's return will be a welcome surprise to fans after he didn't appear in Bridget Jones’s Baby. In the third movie, Daniel is thought to have been killed in a plane crash, resulting in a comical funeral where Bridget is forced to give a eulogy. However, in the final moments of the film, a newspaper headline reveals that he was found alive after all.
The rest of the cast includes One Day and Prime Target star Leo Woodall, who plays Bridget's Tinder match Roxster, and who at 29 is a little younger than her 51 years, while Bafta winner Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Mr. Wallakerm a teacher who Bridget encounters on the school run and a rain-soaked class trip.
Emma Thompson is also reprising her scene-stealing role of Dr. Rawlings, Shirley Henderson and Sally Phillips are back as Bridget's friends Jude and Shazzer and Jim Broadbent and Gemma Jones are back as Bridget's parents, Colin and Pamela Jones.
New cast members include Leila Farzad (The Marvels, I Hate Suzie, The Decameron) as Perfect Nicolette, a mother at Bridget’s children’s school; Josette Simon (Wonder Woman, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, The Crow) as Bridget’s new colleague Talitha; and Nico Parker (The Last of Us, Dumbo, upcoming How to Train Your Dragon) as Bridget’s nanny, Chloe.
Other cast for the movie include:
- Casper Knopf as Billy
- Mila Jankovic as Mabel
- Isla Fisher as Rebecca
- Sarah Solemani as Miranda
- James Callis as Tom
- Celia Imrie as Una Alconbury
Behind the scenes and more on Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
Based on the novel by Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Michael Morris (To Leslie, Better Call Saul), from a screenplay by BAFTA nominee Helen Fielding, Oscar® nominee Dan Mazer (I Give it A Year, Bridget Jones's Baby), and Emmy winner Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady, Eric).
The film is produced for Working Title by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, whose credits, among many others, include Notting Hill, Fargo, Love Actually, Ticket to Paradise, Les Misérables and The Substance. Working Title films have earned 14 Academy Awards® and six Best Picture nominations.
The film is also produced by Jo Wallett (Wicked Little Letters, Catherine Called Birdy, Emma). The film is executive produced by Helen Fielding and Renée Zellweger. Working Title has produced all the Bridget Jones films.
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