One of our favorite romantic comedy movie series is being revived! The newly announced Bridget Jones: crazy about the boy will mark the fourth film in the series based on the Helen Fielding film Bridget Jones novels, and will see the return of Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson, according to Variety.
According to the media, the next installment also has two interesting additions to the cast: The white lotus season 2 and One day‘s Leo Woodall, and 12 years of slavery and The Martian star Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Bridget Jones: crazy about the boywhich is appropriately scheduled to hit both theaters internationally and Peacock in the US on Valentine’s Day 2025, takes its name from Fielding’s 2013 novel. The new film will arrive nine years after the 2016 film Bridget Jones’s baby. 1996 Fielding The diaryof Bridget Jones inspired the 2001 film adaptation of the same name, followed by Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). Fielding will write the script and executive produce the project, while Michael Morris will direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
According THR, others credited on the upcoming film from Universal Pictures and Working Title include producers Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Jo Wallett, as well as Amelia Granger and Sarah-Jane Wright, who will do so under Working Title. The film will also be overseen by Senior Executive Vice President of Production Development Erik Baiers and Creative Executive of Production Development Jacqueline Garell on behalf of Universal Pictures.
Grant played Daniel Cleaver in the first two films, while Thompson played Dr. Rawlings in Bridget Jones Baby. As for Zellweger, she has starred in all three films in the series in the lead role of Bridget.
In a 2016 interview with vanity fairZellweger described Bridget Jones as “a dream role come true” and an “authentic character.”
“What I like most about Bridget is her vulnerability and her openness,” he told the outlet. “I love that she makes it okay to be imperfect. That makes me support and encourage her at all times. Like all of us, she has evolved.”
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