{"id":24896,"date":"2022-10-31T22:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1730629"},"modified":"2022-10-31T22:37:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T21:37:45","slug":"bridget-jones-author-confirms-shes-working-on-fourth-movie","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bridget-jones-author-confirms-shes-working-on-fourth-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridget Jones author confirms she\u2019s working on fourth movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 31 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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It\u2019s been six years since we last saw Ren\u00e9e Zellweger\u2019s Bridget Jones on screen in Bridget Jones\u2019s Baby, but now the author of the books on which the hit film series is based has given fans hope that we may see her again soon.<\/p>\n

Helen Fielding, whose novels have included Bridget Jones\u2019s Diary and\u00a0The Edge of Reason, both of which were adapted into films in 2001 and 2004 respectively, spoke with this week\u2019s Radio Times magazine<\/strong>\u00a0and was asked whether audiences would see Bridget back on screen in an adaptation of her 2013 novel Mad About the Boy.<\/p>\n

2016 film Bridget Jones\u2019s Baby didn\u2019t adapt that book, and was instead based on columns Fielding wrote in 2005 and 2006 for The Independent. However, it seems that now the author is ready to bring Mad About the Boy to the big screen.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cYes I\u2019m working on it and I really hope it will happen. Every film that gets made is a miracle \u2013 it\u2019s really difficult to make films happen and to make them good. But I\u2019d love to see it on the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ren\u00e9e Zellweger as Bridget Jones in Bridget Jones\u2019s Diary.<\/span><\/figcaption> Universal Pictures<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

This news follows reports from earlier this year that a fourth film was in development, with a source telling The Sun<\/a> in July: \u201cThere have been few more successful or more popular romcoms than Bridget Jones over the last couple of decades, but everyone thought this one was done for good.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever the producers always knew there was a huge market for another sequel when the right story was available, and this feels like the right time to tell it.\u201d<\/p>

Bridget Jones\u2019s Baby starred franchise stalwarts Zellweger and Colin Firth, while Hugh Grant\u2019s character Daniel Cleaver didn\u2019t appear but was referenced.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Grant\u2019s name was thrown into contention to play the new Doctor in Doctor Who, before he took to Twitter<\/a> to put the rumours to rest. Ncuti Gatwa<\/a> was later cast in the role.<\/p>\n

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Check out more of our\u00a0Film<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. or more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n

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