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.
Bridget Jones 4 will be based on the best-selling novel by Helen Fielding called Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, released in 2013.
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 the book.
In the latest update, we now have a release date and a new trailer! 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 US in theatres and on Peacock in the US on Valentine's Day 2025.
The movie is due for release on February 13 in Australia.
Is there a trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy?
Yes, and it is every bit as brillaint as you might imagine. It has a surprise apperance 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, it looks like there might be new romance on the cards for Bridget... hurrah!
You can watch the full trailer below...
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy plot
Brace yourself and warning, spoilers ahead for anyone who hasn't read "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy" yet...
In the book, Bridget is a 51-year-old single mother to two children, Billy and Mabel who are now seven and five, and is a widow after the sudden death of Mark Darcy, who is killed in a landmine in Sudan.
The book's storyline picks up a few years after Mark's death, and we find Bridget putting herself out into the dating world once more. But, of course, this is Bridget we are talking about and naturally comedy and chaos ensue. It has been reported that the movie will take place eight years after the events of the third installment.
As well as navigating life after Mr Darcy, "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy" also sees Bridget juggle head lice epidemics, school-picnic humiliations, and cross-generational sex. She also learns that life isn't over when you start needing reading glasses — and why one should never, ever text while drunk.
It is thought the movie will follow the book's storyline, but this is yet to be confirmed.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy cast
Of course, no Bridget Jones movie would be complete without, well, Bridget! Renee Zellweger is reportedly excited about making the fourth installment in Bridget's story and looking for a home in London to stay in while filming in the UK takes place. Hugh Grant is back as Daniel Cleaver. It's unlikely Colin Firth will feature as Mark Darcy has been killed off.
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.
New cast includes One Day star Leo Woodall, who's thought to be playing a young love interest for Bridget, although that's not been confirmed. Also joining the cast is Chiwetel Ejiofor, whose role isn't confirmed and Emma Thompson is also reprising the role of Dr. Rawlings.
It's also expected that Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Shirley Henderson, and Celia Imrie will come back to the Bridget Jones franchise one more time but this is also yet to be confirmed.
