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Bridget Jonesmay soon be grabbing her reindeer jumper for the fourth time.
Helen Fielding, who wroteBridget Jones’s DiaryandThe Edge of Reason, is working on transforming her third book in the series,Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, into a movie.
“YesI’m working on itand I really hope it will happen,” Fielding, 64, told theRadio Times. “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.”
Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones.Everett
Renée Zellwegerstarred in all three of the movies as the lovable British heroine, whileColin Firthreprised his role as Mark Darcy in each installment.
Hugh Grant’s Daniel Cleaver character was presumed dead in the third movie until a turnabout at the end of the film revealed him to still be alive.
One character who sadly and likely won’t make the jump to the fourth film, however, is Firth’s Darcy, who is revealed at the beginning of Fielding’s fourth book to have died five years earlier.
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Earlier this year, Zellweger, 53, — who famously gained 30 pounds to play Bridget Jones — admitted it would be “fun” to reprise her role for the fourth time.
While promoting her showThe Thing About Pamon Sirium XM’sThe Jess Cagle Show, thetwo-time Oscar winner expressed her interest in wanting to portray her famous rom-com character again.
When asked if there was a possibility of another sequel to the franchise, she responded, “I hope so. I hope so. I mean, it’s fun, you know, she’s so much fun.”
“I love being in her shoes,” Zellweger added. “I mean, it makes me giggle, you know, every day on set the choices that we get to make about just how awkward we can make her circumstances. It’s just so much fun.”
source: people.com
