| Director: | Michael Morris |
| Cinematography: | Suzie Lavelle |
| Editing: | Mark Day |
| Music: | Dustin O'Halloran |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures (United States and United Kingdom) StudioCanal (France) |
| Language: | English |
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is an upcoming romantic comedy film directed by Michael Morris from a screenplay by Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer and Abi Morgan. The sequel to Bridget Jones's Baby (2016) and the fourth installment in the Bridget Jones film series, it is based on the 2013 novel by Fielding. Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson reprise their roles as Bridget Jones, Daniel Cleaver, Mark Darcy and Doctor Rawlings, respectively, from previous installments, with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall, Isla Fisher, Josette Simon, Nico Parker and Leila Farzad joining the cast.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is scheduled to be released in the United States on the streaming service Peacock on 13 February 2025, and internationally in theaters by Universal Pictures on 14 February 2025.
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.[1]
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,[2] with Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Jo Wallett producing under the Working Title Films banner.[3] [4] Miramax will also co-finance the film.[5] 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.[6] The film's first trailer revealed Colin Firth would be returning as a ghostly Mark Darcy.[7]
Principal photography began on May 10, 2024, at the Sky Studios Elstree in London.[8] [9] Filming wrapped on August 8.[10]
The film is scheduled to be released on February 13, 2025 on the streaming service Peacock and in cinemas in the rest of the world on February 14, 2025 by Universal Pictures.[11]
The first trailer was released on November 12th, 2024.[12]