The Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy production banner, Working Title Films, dropped the first trailer for the film starring Renee Zellweger in the titular character. Zellweger reprises her role as Bridget Jones in the film, which also brings back Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver and Colin Firth as Mark Darcy. Firth's role in the film had only been speculated until last night's trailer confirmed it.
The trailer shows Bridget Jones seeking love again after the tragic passing of her husband, Cleaver. Colin Firth's character still lives on in her mind as a figment of her imagination. From the trailer, it looks like Zellweger's character is dating Leo Woodall's character, a new addition to the franchise.
Michael Morris of To Leslie fame directed the film, based on Helen Fielding’s 2013 novel Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. Fielding penned the screenplay alongside Dan Mazer and Abi Morgan.
In the 2013 novel, a widowed Jones enters the dating scene again. Different from the previous books, she has texts and tweets to chronicle her life events as she deals with her life, family, work, and love life as a single mother. Judging by the trailer, it looks like the film also follows the same storyline as in Fielding’s novel.
The confirmed returning cast also includes Sarah Solemani, James Callis, Sally Phillips, and Shirley Henderson as Bridget’s friends, along with Jim Broadbent and Gemma Jones as her father and mother. Celia Imrie, Neil Pearson and Joanna Scanlan also reprise their roles. The new additions to the cast are Emma Thompson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Isla Fisher too.
Tim Bevan, Jo Wallett, and Eric Fellner produced it through the Working Title Films banner. Amelia Granger, Sarah-Jane Wright, and Fielding executive produced it.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is set to hit theatres on February 14, 2025, and the streaming platform Peacock