A fourth Bridget Jones The film is in preparation and the latest installment in the rom-com series features both some familiar and new faces.
Renée Zellweger, who first played the title character in Bridget Jones – Chocolate for Breakfast (2001) will reprise her role in the film. News of the fourth film first came in April 2024 and the cast was completed. Bridget Jones – There’s Something About the Boy is the working title for the upcoming film.
For everything we know about Bridget Jones 4read below:
When will Bridget Jones – There’s Something About the Boy come out?
As of August 2024, the film is scheduled to be released in theaters on Valentine’s Day 2024.
Who will be there Bridget Jones – There’s Something About the Boy?
In addition to Zellweger, Emma Thompson, who appeared in “The 40 Years of Life” as Bridget’s gynecologist Dr. Rawling, is also back in the cast. Bridget Jones’s Baby He will return for the fourth film in 2016. Thompson also co-wrote the screenplay for the third installment in the series. Hugh Grant played Daniel Cleaver, one of Jones’ lovers in Bridget Jones – Chocolate for Breakfast And Bridget Jones – The Edge of Reason (2004).
Newcomers to the fourth film include Leo Woodall (The White Lotus, One Day) and Chiwetel Eijofor (Rob Peace). Isla Fischer (The Wedding Crashers), Josette Simon (Anatomy of a scandal), Nico Parker (Sunny Coast, How to train your dragon) and Leila Farzad (I hate Suzie) have also joined the project.
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Recasting: Nine previous cast members have signed on to reprise their roles. Sarah Solemani, Sally Phillips, Shirley Henderson and James Callis will return as Bridget’s friends. Gemma Jones and Jim Broadbent will return as Bridget’s mum and dad. Celia Imrie, Neil Pearson and Joanna Scanlan will also return.
Like many others Bridget Jones Films are there?
There have already been three films with Zellweger in the role of Bridget Jones, based on the books by Helen Fielding, as well as a column she wrote under the pseudonym of the character for The Independent.
what is Bridget Jones 4 about?
The film is based on the third book in Fielding’s series. The story centers on Bridget, who is in her early fifties, navigating modern life while also coping with motherhood.
Who else is behind it Bridget Jones – Crazy about the Boy?
Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Miramax and Working Title Films have collaborated on the project. Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Jo Wallett of Working Title Films will produce, and Amelia Granger and Sara-Jane Write will executive produce for Working Title. Fielding will executive produce and she wrote the screenplay with contributions from Abi Morgan and Dan Mazer. Miramax co-financed the film.
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On Universal’s side, Erik Baiers, Senior Executive Vice President of Production Development, and Jacqueline Garell, Creative Executive of Production Development, will oversee the project. Trainees from the London Screen Academy will also work on the project across departments.