Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy – Release Date, Cast, Story, Trailer & Everything We Know

Nearly a decade after the latest sequel to Bridget Jones’s Diary hit theaters, the beloved romantic comedy series continues with Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. Based on the eponymous Helen Fielding novel and released in 2001, Bridget Jones’s Diary concerns 30-something Bridget (Renée Zellweger) who decides to take control of her life and journals the entire experience. Itself a send-up to Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones’s Diary quickly became a classic of the cinematic romance genre, and it didn’t take long for the blockbuster to receive a sequel.

2004’s Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason again drew inspiration from Helen Fielding’s book and continued Bridget’s journey. It would take over a decade for 2016’s Bridget Jones’s Baby to arrive, but the threequel not only brought fans back in droves but also earned high marks from critics compared to its immediate predecessor. Besides being some of Renée Zellweger’s best movies, the trilogy has been a financial juggernaut. This made a fourth Bridget Jones movie seem inevitable, though fans had to wait until April 2024 for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy to be formally announced.

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy Latest News

The First Trailer Arrives

With anticipation building for the movie’s Valentine’s Day 2025 release, Peacock unveiled a full-length trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. Opening with the revelation that Bridget’s husband, Mark (Colin Firth), has died two years hence, the trailer sees Bridget’s friends and family try to spur her into dating. Uncertain about the modern world of dating, Bridget meets two strapping young men (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall) who inspire her to give it another go. She also reconnects with her ex-lover, Daniel (Hugh Grant), and the trailer shows her up to her usual awkward antics.

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy Release Date

Bridget Jones Returns For Valentine’s Day 2025

The romantic holiday is the perfect occasion for the
Bridget Jones
fourquel.

Just as the film was formally announced, it was revealed that Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy already has a release date set. The film is scheduled to arrive on Valentine’s Day 2025, and will be a dual release that appears theatrically in international markets and on Peacock in the United States. It’s unclear if the release date will hold for nearly a year, but the romantic holiday is the perfect occasion for the Bridget Jones fourquel.

Bridget Jones’ Baby
premiered on September 16, 2016.

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy Cast

Renée Zellweger Returns Alongside New & Old Faces

All of the Bridget Jones movies have something in common, and that common denominator is lead actor Renée Zellweger, who rocketed to fame in the eponymous role. Fortunately, Zellweger will be back to play the quirky and lovable Bridget Jones once again, and she won’t be the only legacy character in the ensemble. Hugh Grant will return to play Daniel Cleaver after a two-decade absence. Also, Emma Thompson will reprise her role as Bridget’s doctor, Dr. Rawlings. Colin Firth’s Mark Darcy is sadly deceased in the movie’s story, but he seems to appear in flashbacks.

Bridget is rejoining the dating pool, and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Doctor Strange) is set to play the handsome teacher, Mr. Wallaker who catches her eye. Meanwhile, Leo Woodall (The White Lotus) will play 20-something hunk, Roxster, who becomes Bridget’s love interest. Isla Fisher has also been cast, and the Wolf Like Me star will be playing Bridget’s new neighbor, Rebecca. A host of other returning actors have also been announced, including Gemma Jones and Jim Broadbent as Bridget’s parents, alongside the likes of Sarah Solemani, Sally Phillips, and Shirley Henderson who will all be reprising their roles from earlier installments.

The known cast of Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy includes:

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy Story

The Film Is Based On Helen Fielding’s 2013 Book

The eponymous novel catches up with newly widowed Bridget as she tries to establish herself in the dating scene of the 21st century as a woman over 50

Though the Bridget Jones film series skipped over Fielding’s 2013 book Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy to make Bridget Jones’s Baby in 2016, it didn’t do too much to deviate from the book timeline. The eponymous novel catches up with newly widowed Bridget as she tries to establish herself in the dating scene of the 21st century as a woman over 50. When Bridget finds her way onto social media, she begins a flirtatious relationship with a much younger man named Roxster, and more of her typical quirky antics ensue.

It’s unclear exactly how much liberty the new film will take with the book’s story, but the basic framework is flexible enough to accommodate changes without losing the charm of Fielding’s writing. The character of Roxster is a new wrinkle in the equation, and the inclusion of Hugh Grant’s Daniel Cleaver is also a wild card that fans will be eager to learn more about. Regardless of how closely Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy follows its namesake, it will be a welcome return.

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy Trailer

Watch The Full Trailer Below

To advertise the movie’s release in early 2025, Peacock has dropped the full trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. It catches up with Bridget, widowed two years hence, as she is spurred back into dating by her friends and family. A single mom, Bridget chafes against the modern constraints of romance, but soon catches the eye of a handsome teacher, Mr. Wallaker, and a rugged 20-something, Roxster. Meanwhile, former beau Daniel Cleaver rejoins the mix, and Bridget is suddenly a hot commodity once again.