Renée Zellweger officially back for ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ — is Hugh Grant?

nypost.com:

Bridget Jones is back to write in her diary once again. Renée Zellweger will be returning for the fourth installment of the iconic romantic comedy franchise.The film, titled “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” is set to premiere in theaters and on Peacock come Valentine’s Day 2025.

Series stars such as Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson will reprise their roles as Daniel Cleaver and Dr. Rawlings, respectively.“White Lotus” alum Leo Woodall and “Love Actually” star Chiwetel Ejiofor are making their debut in the fourth movie. (Colin Firth famously played Bridget’s longtime love Mark Darcy in the franchise.)The movies are based on Helen Fielding’s best-selling chick-lit novels, the first of which was published in 1996.Michael Morris is directing, and it will be produced by Working Title Films and Universal Pictures.The upcoming movie follows 2001’s “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” 2004’s “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” and 2016’s “Bridget Jones’s Baby.”Grant’s character was presumed to be dead in the third installment.

But at the conclusion of the movie, a newspaper article reveals that Daniel was alive.The 2016 sequel also showed Bridget having a child and marrying Mark.The story of Bridget Jones first began in 1995 as a column that was serialized in UK newspaper the Independent.Fielding, 66, then published “The Edge of Reason” in 1997, and “Mad About the Boy” was released in 2013.In 2022, the author revealed to Radio Times that she was creating a movie adaption of the latter.“Yes, I’m working on it and I really hope it will happen,” she explained. “Every film that gets made is a miracle — it’s really difficult to make films happen and to make them good.