When many millennials think of ultimate rom-com, one film often springs to mind: Bridget Jones’ Diary. And now, we’re in for another dose of Bridge, as a fourth film is officially on its way – and and the casting line-up is looking pretty impeccable. We won’t keep you wondering. Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson are returning to the film franchise, with Chiwetel Ejiofor and One Day’s Leo Woodall joining the cast, too.

Reprising his role as Daniel Cleaver in the new Bridget Jones movie, Hugh Grant said during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show that “As well as being extremely funny, it’s very, very sad.”

He added, “It’s actually a very good and moving script, and I say that as someone who is horrid about scripts.”

The (for now) trifecta of films sees a likeable Bridget (played by Zellweger) caught in a love triangle between Daniel Cleaver (Grant), Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), and later Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey). Despite the first film being released over two decades ago, and the latest being released in 2016, author of the Bridget Jones series Helen Fielding confirmed back in 2022 that a fourth film is in the works.

Speaking to Radio Times, she said: “Yes I’m working on it and I really hope it will happen. Every film that gets made is a miracle – it’s really difficult to make films happen and to make them good. But I’d love to see it on the screen.”

It seems the rom-com renaissance really is here, since the movie is expected to begin filming in May 2024. Here’s everything we know about the project so far.

Bridget Jones 4 plot

We don’t know much yet — however, while the third film, Bridget Jones’s Baby strayed from Fielding’s books, the fourth film is confirmed to be an adaptation of Fielding’s book, Mad About The Boy, which was published in 2013.