Mad About the Boy, the fourth instalment in the adventures of Helen Fielding’s scatty heroine, has been confirmed for release on Valentine’s Day 2025Following months of speculation, the studio behind Bridget Jones has confirmed their heroine will return for a fourth big screen outing, adapted from Helen Fielding’s 2013 novel
Firth is not returning for the fourth film, which is set four years after the previous instalment and sees Bridget a widow with two small children, Mark having been killed by a landmine in Sudan.are Emma Thompson, who played Bridget’s doctor in the third film, as well as series newcomers Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall, the latter on a roll following breakthrough parts in The White Lotus and One Day.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy will shoot in London this summer ahead of a release next February, to coincide with Valentine’s Day. So far, the franchise has taken $760m at the box office, while the first instalment in 2001 earned an Oscar nomination for Zellweger.