Bridget’s back, and she’s still trying to figure things out.
The first trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has been released, and Renée Zellweger’s Bridget is still looking for love as she comes to terms with the tragedy of losing Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). Yep, you read that correctly, Darcy is no more and the trailer serves up the bad 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 (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a teacher at Bridget’s children’s school and the wild card of Roxster (Leo Woodall), the youthful bit of rough that should be a red flag.
Mad About the Boy is the fourth film in the franchise and follows Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016). The film stars a whole host of familiar faces from the Bridget Jones cinematic universe, including Hugh Grant back as the raffish Daniel Cleaver, Jim Broadbent as Bridget’s father, Gemma Jones as Bridget’s mother, Emma Thompson as Dr. Rawlings, Sarah Solemani as Miranda, Sally Phillips as Shazzer, James Callis as Tom and Shirley Henderson as Jude. Newcomers include Leila Farzad, Isla Fisher, Josette Simon and Nico Parker.
Mad About the Boy will head directly 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 screenplay, with contributions by Abi Morgan and Dan Mazer. Mad About the Boy is directed by Michael Morris (Better Call Saul, 13 Reasons Why) and produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Jo Wallett. Fielding, Zellweger, Amelia Granger and Sarah-Jane Wright are executive producers on the project.
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