Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (film)

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is an upcoming romantic comedy film directed by Michael Morris from a script by Helen Fielding, Abi Morgan and Dan Mazer, based on Fielding's 2013 book of the same name. The film serves as the fourth and final installment in the Bridget Jones film series and a sequel to Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, and Emma Thompson reprise their roles as Bridget Jones, Daniel Cleaver, and Doctor Rawlings respectively from previous installments, with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall, Isla Fisher, Josette Simon, Nico Parker, and Leila Farzad joining the cast.

The film is scheduled to be released on 14 February 2025 on the streaming service Peacock and theatrically elsewhere, by Universal Pictures.

Cast

 * Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones
 * Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver
 * Emma Thompson as Doctor Rawlings
 * Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mr. Wallaker, a teacher at Bridget's children school. The character has been race-bend from the books where he was described as a "Daniel Craig" look-a-like.
 * Leo Woodall as Roxster, a sexy young man in his 30s who has a sardonic and brazen personality and is Bridget's new love interest.
 * Jim Broadbent as Colin Jones, Bridget's father
 * Gemma Jones as Pamela Jones, Bridget's mother
 * Isla Fisher as Rebecca, Bridget's new neighbour.
 * Josette Simon
 * Nico Parker as Chloe, Bridget's children babysitter.
 * Leila Farzad as Nicolette
 * Sarah Solemani as Miranda, Bridget's friend and Hard News's anchorwoman
 * Sally Phillips as Sharon "Shazzer"
 * Shirley Henderson as Jude
 * James Callis as Tom
 * Celia Imrie as Una Alconbury
 * Colin Firth as Mark Darcy (flashback scenes)

Production
In October 2022, Helen Fielding responded to reports about a fourth film in the Bridget Jones film series, telling the Radio Times that a sequel to Bridget Jones's Baby was in the works.

In April 2024, a fourth film in the Bridget Jones film series based on the third book in the Bridget Jones series, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, was confirmed. Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson were confirmed to be reprising their roles from previous installments, with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall joining the cast. Michael Morris will direct the film from a script by Fielding with further contributions from Abi Morgan and Dan Mazer, with Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Jo Wallett producing under the Working Title Films banner. Miramax will also co-finance the film. In May, Isla Fisher, Josette Simon, Nico Parker, and Leila Farzad joined the cast of the film, with Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Sarah Solemani, Sally Phillips, Shirley Henderson, and James Callis reprising their roles from the previous films.

Filming
Principal photography began on 10 May 2024, at the Sky Studios Elstree in London.

Release
The film is scheduled to be released on 14 February 2025, by Universal Pictures. The film will stream on Universal's streaming service Peacock in the United States and receive a theatrical release elsewhere.