Bridget Jones is back! Eight years after the release of the third film in the franchise, “Bridget Jones’s Baby,” the film series returns with “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.”
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As seen in the trailer, “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” finds the character in a new stage in her life, as a widow. However, she’s finding it difficult to juggle both the obligations of being a mother of two boys and also being a woman who is yearning for affection. As you might expect, hilarity ensues.
The cast includes Renée Zellweger, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall, and Hugh Grant. ‘Mad About the Boy’ is directed by Michael Morris. The filmmaker is probably best known for his TV work, directing episodes of shows such as “Better Call Saul,” “13 Reasons Why,” and “Halt and Catch Fire.” He also debuted as a feature filmmaker with the 2022 acclaimed drama, “To Leslie.”
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“Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” arrives on Peacock on February 13. You can watch the trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis:
Bridget Jones first blasted onto bookshelves in Helen Fielding’s literary phenomenon Bridget Jones’s Diary, which became a global bestseller and a blockbuster film. As a single career woman living in London, Bridget Jones not only introduced the world to her romantic adventures, but added “Singletons,” “Smug-Marrieds” and “f—wittage” into the global lexicon. Bridget’s ability to triumph despite adversity led her to finally marry top lawyer Mark Darcy and to become the mother of their baby boy. Happiness at last. But in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget is alone once again, widowed four years ago, when Mark (Oscar® winner Colin Firth) was killed on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan. She’s now a single mother to 9-year-old Billy and 4-year-old Mabel, and is stuck in a state of emotional limbo, raising her children with help from her loyal friends and even her former lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant).