BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY — (l-r) Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones, Leo Woodall as Roxster — … [+]
At a time when the representation of single women in popular culture was rare, Renée Zellweger bowed in the titular role in the 2001 romantic comedy Bridget Jones’s Diary. Based on the book series by Helen Fielding, the film told the tale of a 32-year-old British single woman who writes a diary, which focuses on the things she wishes to happen in her life. But things change when two men — Colin Firth and Huge Grant – vie for her affection.
Colin Firth, Rene Zellweger and Hugh Grant during “Bridget Jones’s Diary” UK Premiere at Empire … [+]
Bridget Jones’s Diary was both a critical and box office hit, with Zellweger snagging an Oscar nomination for Best Actress and the film morphing into a franchise. The first two continuations – Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Bridget Jones’s Baby were released in 2004 and 2016, respectively. And the fourth, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, will drop on streaming service Peacock on February 13, 2025.
In Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget, per the logline, is alone once again, widowed four years ago, when Mark (Colin Firth) was killed on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan. She’s now a single mother to 9-year-old Billy and 4-year-old Mabel, and is stuck in a state of emotional limbo, raising her children with help from her loyal friends and even her former lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant).
Pressured by her Urban Family – Shazzer, Jude and Tom, her work colleague Miranda, her mother, and her gynecologist Dr. Rawlings (Emma Thompson) – to forge a new path toward life and love, Bridget goes back to work and even tries out the dating apps, where she’s soon pursued by a younger man (White Lotus’s Leo Woodall). Now juggling work, home and romance, Bridget grapples with the judgment of the perfect mums at school, worries about Billy as he struggles with the absence of his father, and engages in a series of awkward interactions with her son’s rational-to-a-fault science teacher (Chiwetel Ejiofor).
BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY — (l-r) Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mr. Walliker, Renée Zellweger as … [+]
The returning cast in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy includes Jim Broadbent and Gemma Jones as Bridget’s parents and Isla Fisher (Now You See Me, The Great Gatsby) debuts as Rebecca, Bridget’s neighbor.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is directed by Michael Morris (To Leslie, Better Call Saul), from a screenplay by Helen Fielding, based on her novel, with contributions from Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady, Eric) and Dan Mazer (I Give it A Year, Bridget Jones’s Baby).
BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY — (l-r) Director Michael Morris, Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones — … [+]
From Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Miramax, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy will be released in theaters internationally by Universal Pictures and will stream exclusively on Peacock in the United States.
Here is a look at the trailer: