The Sun previously announced that this sequel was in the works, and now a production date has been announced.
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A-list actors are currently gearing up to film the romcom in London this May.
Among their number is the face of Bridget Jones, Renee Zellweger herself, who is said to be hunting for a flat in the UK to live in while the next installment in the series is shot.
The blockbuster series last featured on the big screen six years ago when Bridget Jones’ Baby saw her pregnant but trying to figure out who the dad was.
The new movie, co-penned by creator Helen Fielding, will be focused on the story of Bridget Jones as a mother.
It is based on Ms Fielding’s 2013 novel, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, which saw the newly single mum try and balance raising a young boy while navigating dating apps.
Colin Firth and Hugh Grant, who previously played two men competing for Bridget’s hand, are expected to make an appearance in the fourth film.
At the end of the last film Bridget Jones had decided to marry Mark Darcy, the lawyer she had an on-off romance with over the past three films.
In the book the fourth movie is based on she has been left as a widow after he was blown up by a landmine while doing negotiations in Sudan.
It is unclear how closely the plot of the film will stick to that of the book, but given the premise of all Bridge Jones films are about her experience as a single woman, it seems likely that Colin Firth’s character is set to be axed.
A source said: “There have been few more successful or more popular rom-coms than Bridget Jones over the last couple of decades, but everyone thought this one was done for good.
“However the producers always knew their was a huge market for another sequel when the right story was available, and this feels like the right time to tell it.
“It will be seven or eight years since the last movie by the time this one hits the big screen, and fans will be desperate to find out what happened. It’s a British classic.”