Renée Zellweger looks for love in 'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy' trailer

The rom-com franchise Bridget Jones announced the development of a new installment last April. The film, now in post-production, kicked off the marketing campaign in recent weeks with the first official poster, while this morning Universal Pictures revealed the official trailer.

The fourth installment of the title Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boyo Bridget Jones: Crazy about him in our market, counts on the return of Renée Zellweger in one of his most beloved roles.

The trailer focuses on Bridget Jones looking for love while accepting the tragedy of losing Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), who lost his life between the events of the third installment released in 2016, and the next one to be released in 2025. The trailer does not waits a long time to reveal Mark's absence to the audience. The only way for Bridget is to move on with her life.

You can find the trailer at the end of this note.

And not only Zellweger's, but also, with the returns of Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Gemma Jones y Jim Broadbent They reprise their roles playing Bridget Jones' mom and dad, respectively. Sarah Solemani, Sally Phillips, Shirley Henderson y James Callis They return to play Bridget's friends. Neil Pearson, Joanna Scanlan y Celia Imrie They are other returning members.

New additions include Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, Love, Actually), Leo Woodall (The White Lotus, One Day), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers, Tag), Nico Parker (The Last of Us, Dumbo), Josette Simon (Anatomy of a Scandal), y Leila Farzad (Black Mirror: Joan is Awful).

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS:

“In Bridget Jones: Crazy about himBridget is alone again, widowed for four years, when Mark was killed on a humanitarian mission in Sudan. Now a single mother to Billy, 9, and Mabel, 4, she is trapped in an emotional limbo, raising her children with the help of her loyal friends and even her former lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). Pressured by her Shazzer family, Jude and Tom, her co-worker Miranda, her mother, and her gynecologist Dr. Rawlings (Oscar® winner Emma Thompson) to forge a new path toward life and love, Bridget returns to the work and even tries dating apps, where she is soon pursued by a younger, dreamier and enthusiastic man (Leo Woodall, from The White Lotus). Now juggling work, home and romance, Bridget deals with the perfect mothers trial at school, worries about Billy as he struggles with his father's absence, and engages in a series of awkward interactions with his son’s science teacher (Oscar® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor).”

The film, adapted from Helen Fielding's bestseller, is directed by Michael Morris (Better Call Saul, To Leslie), with a script Fielding, Abi Morgan y And Mazer.

The rom-com franchise, made up of Bridget Jone’s Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), y Bridget Jone’s Baby (2016), accumulates more than $760 million dollars in the global box office.

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Jo Wallett produce on behalf of Working Title, with Amelia Granger and Sarah-Jane Wright executive producing. Helen Fielding is another executive producer. StudioCanal co-finances and co-distributes in select international markets. Miramax is another of the co-financiers.

Universal Pictures has set its release in theaters around the world for February 14, 2025.. In the United States, it will also have a simultaneous premiere on Peacock.

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