A fourth ‘Bridget Jones’ film is reportedly in the works

Romcom darling Bridget Jones could be making her return for a fourth film.

The courageous British heroine played by the two-time Oscar winner Renee Zellweger has produced three previous films, BRidget Jones Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) And Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016). Now there are reports that he believes there could be a fourth film Daily email.

Based on the novel of the same name Helen Velding, The Diary of Bridget Jones follows a single woman named Bridget in her thirties as she attempts to build a relationship with co-worker Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) while fending off her family’s attempts to set her up with Mark Darcy (Colin firth).

Over the course of the three films, Bridget awkwardly (and sometimes painfully) deals with her tumultuous personal and professional life while maintaining her sense of dry British humor.

Zellweger, who is American in real life, has previously expressed her desire to reprise her character for a fourth film.

“I love being in her shoes,” she said during an April 2022 interview SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show. “The choices we have to make about how uncomfortable we can make her circumstances make me giggle every day on set. It’s just so much fun.”

When could filming start?

Daily email claims filming could begin as early as May 2024.

Where has ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ gone?

In the third film, Bridget was in the middle of another love triangle between Mark Darcy (Firth) and billionaire Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey), with Grant’s character seemingly killed off. After unexpectedly sleeping with both men in a short period of time, Bridget discovers that she is pregnant and will not be able to discover the real father until after the baby is born.

The film ends with Bridget marrying Mark once and for all after the birth of their son (because he is the father, of course).

What would ‘Bridget Jones 4’ be about?

The fourth Bridget Jones will reportedly later follow that of author Helen Fielding Bridget Jones novels, which follows our heroine as she navigates dating apps as a single mother after the death of her longtime love Mark Darcy (Firth).

Which actors are returning?

Zellweger has expressed a desire to play Bridget again.

While both Firth and Grant’s characters vied for Jones’ affection in the first two films, Grant’s character was written off (presumed dead and later found alive) in the third film and replaced by Dempsey.

Firth previously revealed he was returning to play Darcy Bridget Jones’ babyso he could see Zellweger play her beloved character.

“One of the biggest incentives to do this again was to see Renée in the role again,” he said Collider in September 2016. “I love playing Mr. Darcy, but I’m not hungry to play Mark Darcy again. It’s not ambition. But it’s a bit of an ambition to see Renée reprise that role, because I think it’s one of the best characters ever created.