When will Bridget Jones 4 be released? Latest news from Mad About the Boy

The 2016 film followed Bridget Jones’s Diary, released in 2001, and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, released in 2004.

And now the fourth film, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, has been officially announced, with casting news and a confirmed release date.

Zellweger and Hugh Grant are set to reprise their roles as hapless TV producer and rapscallion Daniel Cleaver, respectively, but who else could appear? Read on for everything you need to know about the film.

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When is the Bridget Jones 4 release date?

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is scheduled for release in the United States on Valentine’s Day 2025.

Its UK release date hasn’t been officially announced, but we don’t expect it to be too different from the US date, if at all.

Author Helen Fielding revealed for the first time that she is working on a fourth film in 2022 during an interview on the Radio Times Podcast View from my sofa.

The 2016 film Bridget Jones’s Baby did not follow her 2013 novel Mad About the Boy and was instead based on columns Fielding wrote in 2005 and 2006 for The Independent.

When asked if audiences would see Bridget on screen again in an adaptation of Mad About the Boy, Fielding replied: “Yes, I’m working on it and I really hope it happens. Every movie that’s made is a miracle – it’s really hard to make movies and make them good. But I would love to see it on screen.

Bridget Jones 4 Cast: Who Could Star in Mad About the Boy?

Renee Zellweger is set to reprise her Oscar-nominated role as Bridget Jones. She last appeared on the big screen in Judy, for which she won her second Oscar in 2020 for her portrayal of Judy Garland.

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy will also see Hugh Grant reprises his role as bad boy Daniel Cleaver, while Dame Emma Thompson will appear again as Dr. Rawlings after his hilarious debut as the character in Bridget Jones’s Baby.

Meanwhile, the new arrivals Leo Woodall (One day) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, Doctor Strange) have joined the cast in roles not yet confirmed, but if the film follows the plot of the novel, they could both play love interests for Bridget…

It’s unclear if Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Shirley Henderson and Celia Imrie will return to the Bridget Jones franchise at this point, so fans will have to wait and see.

Is Colin Firth set to return as Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones 4?

When the film was announced, fans may have also noticed that Colin Firth’s name was missing.

Of course, in the book, we discover that his character Mark Darcy died tragically in an accident.

However, it is unclear to what extent the new film will follow the novel and so fans can still hold out hope for now!

What could happen in Bridget Jones 4?

The latest sequel will be based on Helen Fielding’s 2013 book. Bridget Jones: Boy Crazywhich revolves around the 51-year-old single mother of two as she navigates a world filled with new technology.

However, it looks like Bridget might be a slightly different type of role model than we’re used to in the new sequel.

Writer Fielding previously told Desert Island Discs that she was “stunned” by the “sexism” of the original films, before adding: “You can’t write that now.”

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