00:00To Bridget, who cannot cook, but who we love, just as she is.
00:06Bridget Jones is back.
00:08Renee Zellweger is set to return for Bridget Jones Mad About the Boy,
00:12the fourth installment of the British-based romantic film comedy series,
00:16which first premiered in 2001.
00:18Zellweger is back as the lovable but flailing-at-life Jones,
00:21alongside Hugh Grant, reprising his role as Daniel Cleaver.
00:25Emma Thompson, who appeared in the 2016 entry Bridget Jones Baby,
00:29is back as well as newcomers, including Chiwetel Ejiofor
00:32and The White Lotus and One Day star, Leo Woodall.
00:35The upcoming feature is an adaptation of the best-selling 2013 follow-up novel
00:39by Jones creator Helen Fielding.
00:42In the novel format about a boy, Jones is now navigating life, work, family,
00:46and love as a 51-year-old single mother and widow.
00:50She even gets herself entangled with a 30-year-old man.
00:53Universal is set to release the rom-com on Peacock on Valentine's Day 2025,
00:57while internationally it'll be released in theaters.
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