| Director: | Michael Morris |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
| Language: | English |
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. The film serves as the fourth 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 February 14, 2025 on the streaming service Peacock and theatrically elsewhere, by Universal Pictures.
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]
Principal photography began on May 10, 2024, at the Sky Studios Elstree in London.[7] [8] Filming wrapped on August 8.[9]
The film is scheduled to be released on February 14, 2025, by Universal Pictures. The film will stream on Universal's streaming service Peacock in the United States and receive a theatrical release elsewhere.