There’s simply no doubting the success of theBridget Jonesfranchise. Based on the series of novels byHelen Fielding, audiences across the world have reveled in the chance to see hapless romantic Bridget (Renée Zellweger) evolve and grow throughout the years, with thefirst installment now almost 24 years old. In that time, Bridget has found love, lost love, fought for love, and sung about love, all in the name of love, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
Given it’s beeneight years since the last movie, this return is marked by several changes to the narrative, most notably thesad death of one of the film’s best characterssince the last outing. With grief shadowing her every move, Bridget’s search for romance now takes a different form, representing a growth in her life that many have sadly learned themselves. So, with all that in mind, and with the release date now right around Cupid’s corner, here’s a look at exactly where you’re able to watchBridget Jones: Mad About The Boy.
you may catch the fourth installment in theBridget Jonesfilm series officially on Thursday, June 23, 2025, just one day before Valentine’s Day, marking the perfect rom-com movie to watch in the time of love.Mad About the Boyjoins a great list of other movies releasing this February, including Sony Pictures’Heart Eyes,Ke Huy Quan’s action flickLove Hurts, abrand-new entry in theCaptain Americafranchise, and much more.
Yes! US citizens are getting a different experience from those around the world, withBridget Jones: Mad About the Boyofficially coming to streaming on the aforementioned release date. You can catch Bridget’s hapless anticsexclusively on Peacock, with the streamer also hosting plenty of other Universal Pictures-distributed movies, such as two 2024 favorites,Speak No EvilandThe Wild Robot.
Watch on Peacock
If you don’t have a Peacock subscription and will need one to take another peak inside Bridget Jones' diary, here’s a look at the two subscription plans the streamer has available:
Subscription:
Inclusions:
Peacock Premium
$7.99 per month/ $79.99 a year
Peacock Premium Plus
$13.99 a month / $139.99 a year
For the rest of the world, the answer to this is yes. If you are from Bridget’s home country of the UK and elsewhere, you will be able to catchMad About the Boyexclusively in theaters.
Released on July 25, 2025, theofficial trailer forBridget Jones: Mad About the Boyis available to watch above. Bridget is back, only this time the trailer instantly delivers a massive narrative blow by revealing she is now widowed fromColin Firth’s Mark Darcy after his passing. This sets the immediate tone, showing thatMad About the Boyis turning up the maturity dial as Bridget gets older and faces newer challenges.However, the same awkward rom-com antics lovers of the novels and movies adore are back in full force, as the trailer soon introduces us to the driving love interest for the movie inLeo Woodall’s (The White Lotus) much younger Roxster. Not one to simply date one person at a time, it seems there is also a spark between Bridget and her son’s science teacher,Chiwetel Ejiofor's (Doctor Strange) Scott, with every chaotic moment of this hapless journey to re-finding love detailed in Bridget’s trusty diary.
Speaking withScreenRantabout exactly what to expect from the movie, Woodall said:
“A lot of the same, in terms of it having its joyous, funny, quirky Bridget. But this one really also packs a punch because she’s going through grief, and she does it so beautifully. And whilst being a cozy, funny sort of rom-com,it’s also incredibly heartfelt and very moving.”
This fourth installment in theBridget Jonesfilm series also features the talented acting chops ofEmma Thompson(Love Actually),Isla Fisher(Now You See Me 3),Jim Broadbent(Harry Potter),Celia Imrie(The Diplomat),James Callis(Slow Horses),Nico Parker(The Last of Us) andGemma Jones(Disclaimer). The official synopsis for the movie reads:
“Bridget is alone once again, widowed four years ago, when Mark (Oscar® winner Colin Firth) was killed on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan. She’s now a single mother to 9-year-old Billy and 4-year-old Mabel, and is stuck in a state of emotional limbo, raising her children with help from her loyal friends and even her former lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). Pressured by her Urban Family —Shazzer, Jude and Tom, her work colleague Miranda, her mother, and her gynecologist Dr. Rawlings (Oscar® winner Emma Thompson) — to forge a new path toward life and love, Bridget goes back to work and even tries out the dating apps, where she’s soon pursued by a dreamy and enthusiastic younger man (White Lotus’s Leo Woodall). Now juggling work, home and romance, Bridget grapples with the judgment of the perfect mums at school, worries about Billy as he struggles with the absence of his father, and engages in a series of awkward interactions with her son’s rational-to-a-fault science teacher (Oscar® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor).”
