Renee Zellweger to Return for new 'Bridget Jones' movie

[palta]

Renee Zellweger to Return for ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ With Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson

Two-time Oscar winner Renée Zellweger is set to return to one of her most beloved roles in Universal Pictures’ and Working Title’s “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” an adaptation of Helen Fielding’s best-selling novel.

Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson are confirmed to return alongside franchise newcomers Chiwetel Ejiofor (“12 Years a Slave,” “Love, Actually”) and Leo Woodall (“The White Lotus,” “One Day”).

The film will be directed by Michael Morris (“To Leslie,” “Better Call Saul”). The three “Bridget Jones” films (2001’s “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” 2004’s “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” and 2016’s “Bridget Jones’s Baby”) have been massively successful, bringing in more than $760 million at the worldwide box office.

“Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy“ will debut in cinemas internationally and on Peacock in the U.S. on Valentine’s Day 2025.

variety.com/2024/film/news/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy-renee-zellweger-hugh-grant-1235965369/

[tulip]

Um, unless Bridget has aged 20 years in the movie this will be ridiculous.

[burnt_toast]

Looks like Bridget is 51 in the book, Zellweger is 54. Not bad.

[Sarzy]

I didn't even realise there was a book where she was that age. The new film makes more sense now.

[tulip]

Thank goodness -- with the title "Mad About the Boy" I was thinking they weren't aging her.

[Pixie]

Apr 10, 2024 2:35:35 GMT tulip said:

Um, unless Bridget has aged 20 years in the movie this will be ridiculous.

Can’t be more ridiculous than desperately trying to convince her that a size 10 woman who owns her apartment over Borough Market is a loser because * god forbids* she’s single ! 

[chalet]

I'm interested in what they do with Daniel (Hugh). Curmudgeonly like real Hugh or a multi divorced aging playboy? What about Mr. Darcy ? Those movies were so much better with Colin and Hugh's fights.