On February 13, 2025, Peacock (JioCinema [OTTplay Premium] in India) will release Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the fourth and last installment in the romantic comedy series, which stars Renee Zellweger.

Returning cast

Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones, the third book in the series, serves as the inspiration for Mad About the Boy. Furthermore, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, and Zellweger are all back for more as Dr. Rawlings and Daniel Cleaver, respectively. Along with Jim Broadbent, Sarah Solemani, Sally Phillips, Shirley Henderson, James Callis, Neil Pearson, Joanna Scanlan, and Celia Imrie, the cast also returns. In addition to them, new additions Leo Woodall, Nico Parker, Isla Fisher, Josette Simon, and Leila Farzad will be joining the cast.

Plot summary

Bridget finds herself alone once more after losing her husband Mark (Colin Firth) in a humanitarian mission in the Sudan four years earlier, according to the official storyline summary. With the support of her devoted friends and even her ex-lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), she is navigating motherhood as a single parent to Billy, nine, and Mabel, four years old, while experiencing emotional instability. Bridget returns to work and even uses dating apps after feeling pressured by her Urban Family (Shazzer, Jude, and Tom), her coworker Miranda, her mother, and her gynaecologist Dr. Rawlings (Thompson). Now that she's a working mother, Bridget has to deal with the perfect moms' judgement at school, her son Billy's grief over losing his father, and her awkward encounters with Ejiofor's (the science teacher) rational-to-fault personality.

The first film in the series, 2001's Bridget Jones's Diary, made $282 million worldwide on a budget of $25 million. The 2004 sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and the 2016 sequel Bridget Jones's Baby followed that film. The cumulative global box office receipts for the whole franchise exceed $760 million.

Production team and direction

Fielding, Dan Mazer, and Abi Morgan collaborated on the screenplay for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, which Michael Morris directed. Under the Working Title Films banner, producers Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Jo Wallett are involved. The show's executive producers include Sarah Jane Wright, Amelia Granger, and Fielding.

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