Bridget Jones fans assemble: it seems that a fourth movie is in the works.
Author Helen Fielding has confirmed she is working on a new cinematic chapter in the saga of Renée Zellweger's down-on-her-luck, stubbornly romantic heroine.
The writer of Bridget Jones's Diary and The Edge of Reason – given the adaptation treatment in 2001 and 2004 respectively – hinted at her novel Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy being next.
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"Yes, I'm working on it and I really hope it will happen," Fielding told Radio Times magazine.
"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," she added.
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2016's Bridget Jones's Baby wasn't based on Mad About the Boy, but was instead an adaptation of columns Fielding wrote for The Independent between 2005 and 2006.
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Rumours about Bridget gracing our screens again soon have been circulating for years now, with Zellweger often being asked about a possible return.
In April, the actress admitted adoring the character and her signature "self-deprecating sort of determination", while teasing she'd be down to reprise the role.
"I love her. And I think it's really rare to get to follow a character through different stages in her life," she told People.
"And in a way that we find her relatable, because she parallels our own life experiences at that time. Yeah, I hope so. I mean, Helen did write another book, so there's that."
While we can't say when Bridget will make her hotly-anticipated comeback at this stage, or who else is involved, knowing that Fielding is working on a script is undoubtedly good news.
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