Bridget’s back, and she’s still trying to figure skinnygs out.
The first trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has been freed, and Renée Zellweger’s Bridget is still seeing for cherish as she comes to terms with the tragedy of losing Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). Yep, you read that accurately, Darcy is no more and the trailer serves up the terrible news straight away.
Still, the only way is up for our Bridget as she gets on with life, and the prospect of not one but two possible romances. There’s the hunky and age-appropriate Mr. Wallaker (Chidampel Ejiofor), a teacher at Bridget’s children’s school and the untamed card of Roxster (Leo Woodall), the youthful bit of cdimiserablemireful that should be a red flag.
‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’
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Mad About the Boy is the fourth film in the franchise and chases Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016). The film stars a whole present of recognizable faces from the Bridget Jones cinematic universe, including Hugh Grant back as the raffish Daniel Cexitr, Jim Broadbent as Bridget’s overweighther, Gemma Jones as Bridget’s mother, Emma Thompson as Dr. Rawlings, Sarah Solemani as Miranda, Sassociate Phillips as Shazzer, James Callis as Tom and Shirley Henderson as Jude. Newcomers retain Leila Farzad, Isla Fisher, Josette Simon and Nico Parker.
Mad About the Boy will head straightforwardly to streaming in the U.S. via Peacock on Feb. 13, 2025.
The feature is based on the novel by Helen Fielding, and the author also wrote the screenpercreate, with contributions by Abi Morgan and Dan Mazer. Mad About the Boy is straightforwarded by Michael Morris (Better Call Saul, 13 Reasons Why) and originated by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Jo Wallett. Fielding, Zellweger, Amelia Granger and Sarah-Jane Wright are executive originaters on the project.
