Some excellent news dropped right this moment within the type of a brand new installment within the beloved Bridget Jones sequence.
The fourth installment within the sequence was introduced, with Renée Zellweger reprising her iconic position and some new characters coming into the fray simply as Bridget enters a brand new chapter in her life.
With the working title ‘Bridget Jones: Mad In regards to the Boy,’ Bridget, now in her 50s, can be navigating life and love, simply as she all the time has, seemingly with the identical allure we have grown accustomed to.
It is thrilling information for followers of each the e-book sequence and the films, who’ve watched Bridget on the large display screen since 2001, when she was in her early twenties, writing away in her diary, scared she’d find yourself a spinster if she did not play her playing cards proper.
2001 was a a lot completely different time, and that is evident once you return and watch the primary movie these days (which I admittedly do a couple of occasions a 12 months.)
It is a world with out Twitter, Instagram, Fb, and DoorDash. Bridget labored for a publishing firm and attended a real-life e-book launch at one level.
The information wasn’t at her fingertips, however as an alternative, she relished in a superb journal and met guys the old school means: at work or by her dad and mom.
All through the primary three motion pictures, Bridget’s central love story centered round Mark Darcy, the son of one among her dad and mom’ associates who made an official first impression upon re-meeting Bridget as adults however slowly endeared himself to the daring Bridget as soon as she realized he did not even have a gherkin thrust up his bottom.
Hugh Grant’s charming but scandalous Daniel Cleaver made an effort within the first movie to be Bridget’s one real love, however it was apparent early on that he would by no means be Mark Darcy.
Even when he was a little bit chilly and unable to learn the room, one factor about Mark was his love for Bridget by no means wavered.
And thru breakups, failed marriages, and a child, they lastly discovered their completely satisfied ending throughout Bridget Jones’s Child.
However one of many early tidbits we’re studying in regards to the new installment is that Bridget can be a widow.
That is proper, people. After three motion pictures seeing Bridget and Mark fall in love over and over, it seems to be like their love story is over, which is extremely unhappy, although the disappointment is dulled a bit understanding Bridget and Mark had been lastly capable of get it proper on this life and spend his remaining years collectively.
It is bittersweet understanding there can be a Bridget Jones world with out Mark Darcy, however it’s additionally thrilling to see Bridget enter a brand new part.
Bridget Jones’s Diary, each the novel and the unique movie, had been inspiring of their portrayal of girls searching for love whereas additionally seeking to perceive and navigate life on their very own phrases.
All the films are romantic comedies but additionally veer into conversations about household, friendships, careers, and parenthood. Love could also be on the heart, however the movies all the time explored deeper points, and the unique, particularly, was a groundbreaking film when it premiered.
As beforehand talked about, 2001 was a special world. Bridget Jones was an outlier, as referenced many occasions all through the movie by these in her life who always puzzled why she wasn’t married. Or why she wasn’t a particular measurement.
Bridget navigated a world which will really feel prefer it was out to get her quite a lot of occasions in a means that felt relatable.
Bridget didn’t have all of it collectively. Bridget didn’t have all of the solutions. And possibly, most significantly, she realized all through the movie that making an attempt to vary herself wasn’t truly getting her any nearer to the issues she needed.
There have been quite a lot of traditional strains from the unique, however one of the best and most straightforward will all the time be Mark Darcy’s traditional line on the backside of that slender and lengthy staircase, “…I such as you very a lot. Simply as you’re.”
After you cease swooning, you understand simply how paramount that was for Bridget to listen to within the second.
Coming off a tough breakup with that scoundrel Daniel Cleaver, she wasn’t even searching for romance however simply making an attempt to pour herself into work, friendships, and the like, and right here got here Mark Darcy saving mankind with phrases she did not know she wanted to listen to.
It is a love declaration in some ways, however the sincerity all the time will get me, and it is one thing Bridget deserved to listen to.
All through the subsequent two motion pictures, we see Bridget fumble her means alongside in solely the hilarious means she will, however she is all the time true to herself. And it might take your whole grownup life to study that.
And you may STILL be studying that. There is not any finish date on progress.
‘Bridget Jones: Mad In regards to the Boy’ can be an adaptation from the Helen Fielding novel of the identical title, and very similar to Bridget Jones’s Child, we’ll be diving into the age of the web, with all these aforementioned social media apps making issues a bit extra embarrassing for our favourite heroine.
Within the aftermath of Mark’s demise, life will go for Bridget, and whereas the early motion pictures centered on that Mark romance, it will be fascinating to see what romance seems to be like for Bridget now that she’s older, wiser (?), and naturally, a single mom.
She’ll be doing her factor as solely Bridget does by participating in some horny occasions with a youthful man, and we might count on nothing much less from the free-spirited Jones.
Issues can be a lot completely different for her than once we met her, particularly the courting half, however that is Bridget Jones. There could also be a hiccup alongside the best way, however she all the time finds her means.
Whereas we’ll be ready till 2025 for the movie to debut, we all know that alongside Zellweger and Grant, Emma Thompson can be reprising her position from the earlier movie, and newcomers will embody Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall.
Romantic comedies do not appear as prevalent as they as soon as had been, so it seems like excellent timing to listen to that Bridget Jones is returning to save lots of the day.
And the style is noticeably brief on tales involving folks courting of their 50s, so we have already got excessive hopes this one will retain the magic from the sooner movies and inject a brand new sense of vigor into the franchise.
It is an exhilarating time to be a Bridget Jones fan!
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