Break out the big pants and the vodka shots because the lovelorn Bridget Jones is back on our screens next February in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. Renee Zellweger returns to her signature role as Bridget who is now reconciling with personal tragedy and possible new suitors in her life.
Scroll down to find out everything you need to know including cast, story, trailer and release date.
What is the story of Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy?
Bridget Jones is now a widow, bereft after the death of her on-off partner turned husband Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). With two children to bring up, Bridget struggles to find her place in the world but realises it's time to get back out there.
Step forward two potential new suitors: the impetuous Roxster (The White Lotus' Leo Woodall) and straight-laced teacher Mr Wallaker (12 Years a Slave's Chiwetel Ejiofor). Can Bridget make it work with either of them?
Is Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy based on a book?
Yes, as with Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016), the new movie is based on a book by author Helen Fielding. However, the fourth film in the series is based on Fielding's third book, published in 2013.
Fielding contributes to the screenplay along with Borat's Dan Mazer and Suffragette's Abi Morgan.
Is Colin Firth in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy?
The trailer (scroll down to watch it) shows us that Colin Firth does appear in a poignant context, designed to emphasise Bridget's loneliness as a mother bringing up two young children. Bridget and Mark had a love-hate animosity in the first film before they finally made it work at the end of that film and secured themselves as a couple in the sequel.
Bridget and Mark had split up at the start of Bridget Jones's Baby, but Bridget was forced to reconcile with the possibility of him being the father of her child. The end of the film revealed it was so and they reconciled.
Is Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy?
Hugh Grant returns as the caddish Daniel Cleaver, the man who broke Bridget's heart in the first film and who crossed her path again in the sequel. He didn't appear in the third film but he's back for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. Bridget's children appear to be acquainted with him, leading to some fabulously naughty insinuations that only Grant can carry off.
Grant has described the new Bridget movie as "very sad" and insisted that a correct backstory between Bridget and Daniel be included so the emotional undertow of the film wasn't ruined.
When is Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy released?
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is released on February 14th, 2025. Yes, that's Valentine's Day so whether you belong to a smug married couple or are a lovelorn singleton, mark it in your calendars.
Where can we watch the trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy?
Watch the trailer below.
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