Bridget Jones fans have long adored the films for their cringe-worthy, hilarious and heartwarming scenes.
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00:00Bridget Jones fans have long adored the films for their cringeworthy, hilarious and heartwarming
00:05scenes. But Hugh Grant has warned that the fourth installment in the franchise,
00:10due out on Valentine's Day next year, will have a very different tone.
00:15As well as being extremely funny, it's very, very sad," said the actor, who will reprise his role
00:22as the dashing antagonist Daniel Cleaver. He also revealed that there was, no obvious role,
00:28for him in the film, but, they wanted to cram me in. Oscar winner Renée Zellweger is also back as
00:35the title character in Bridget Jones, Mad About the Boy. The film takes its title from the latest
00:41Bridget Jones novel, which was published in 2013. In the book, readers rejoin Bridget in her 50s,
00:48a mother to two children and widowed following the death of her husband Mark Darcy.
00:53Darcy was played by Colin Firth in the earlier Bridget Jones movies.
00:58The production studio has not commented on how closely the new film will follow the storyline
01:03of its paperback namesake, but it has been revealed author Helen Fielding has written the script.