Bridget Jones's Baby
Relationship status: beyond complicated
Country
Production
Budget
$35 000 000
Box office
$211 952 420
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin, Helen Fielding, Amelia Granger
Camera operator
Andrew Dunn
Composer
Craig Armstrong
Artist
John Paul Kelly
Audition
Editing
Short description
After breaking up with Mark Darcy, Bridget Jones's 'happily ever after' hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. What could possibly go wrong? Then her love life takes a turn and Bridget meets a dashing American named Jack, the suitor who is everything Mr. Darcy is not. In an unlikely twist she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby's father.
What's left behind the scenes
- The audience learns that Mark Darcy has a middle name – Fitzwilliam. This is one of many references to Jane Austen's novel (1775-1817) "Pride and Prejudice" (1813) present in the Bridget Jones books and films. Mr. Darcy is also named Fitzwilliam there, although his name is rarely mentioned in the novel.
- During the filming of the movie, Ed Sheeran posted on Instagram that he was filming in "Bridget Jones's Baby" and uploaded a selfie with Renée Zellweger.
- The second film in the franchise, depicting Bridget Jones's wedding. This was first shown in 'Bridget Jones's Diary' (Sharon Maguire, 2001), when the main character imagined marrying Daniel Cleaver.
- Emma Thompson's involvement in the film was unknown until the release of the first trailer. The actress not only starred in the film but also participated in the screenplay.
- The first film in the franchise not to feature Richard Curtis in the screenplay writing.
- This is the first film in which Renée Zellweger did not have to gain weight to play Bridget Jones. Some online publications stated that the actress had changed the "classic" image of her character, as her body is an integral part of its appeal and popularity. Director Sharon Maguire publicly defended the new image of Jones. "We all liked the idea that Bridget had finally reached ideal sizes (42-44), but still hasn't solved any problems in her personal life."
- This is the first film featuring Renée Zellweger to be released in cinemas after a 6-year period. She filmed two other pictures that were supposed to be released before this one, but both premieres were postponed to 2017.
- Plans to film a third Bridget Jones movie were announced in 2009, with filming preliminarily scheduled for the fall of 2010. However, another 6 years passed before filming began, during which time various actors and directors were involved in (and left) the project.
- Bridget Jones's handwritten diary has been replaced by an iPad.
- The events depicted in the film take place before the events that form the plot of Helen Fielding's book “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” (2013).
- At certain periods of preparation for filming, Paul Feig and Peter Cattaneo were considered as directors.
- The film was distributed to cinemas in boxes labeled “London Bridge.”
- Colin Firth and Emma Thompson previously starred together in Kirk Jones’ family fantasy comedy "Nanny McPhee" (2005), and they both also appeared in "Love Actually" (2003).
- Starting with this film, "Bridget Jones" became the first and so far only trilogy in the romantic comedy genre in the new millennium, all three parts of which were released on the big screen, and starring the same actors.
- In a trailer version released for international audiences, one of Bridget Jones’ colleagues holds a sign that reads “We have a baby.” In the version released for the UK, the sign reads “Pregnant.”
- Scenes from the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, which is held in warm weather, were filmed in England in winter.
- Three different endings were filmed for the movie. No one on the set knew which one the filmmakers had chosen until the premiere.
- This is the third time in actor Patrick Dempsey’s career that he has debuted in the third part of a franchise. He also appeared in the horror film “Scream 3” (Wes Craven, 2000) and the blockbuster “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (Michael Bay, 2011).
- Sharon Maguire, the director of "Bridget Jones's Diary" (2001), served as the prototype for the character played by Sally Phillips.
- Helen Fielding wrote and published the novel "Mad About the Boy" after the release of the third film in the franchise.
- As Colin Firth once said, Jack Quant, played by Patrick Dempsey, is a more serious rival than Daniel Cleaver, played by Hugh Grant, was in the romantic comedy "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" (Bibvan Kidron, 2004). "[My character] Mark didn’t think Daniel was better than him. But this Jack is so charismatic it’s breathtaking."
- The film takes place in 2010.
- Production of the third installment in the “Bridget Jones” franchise began on October 2, 2015, eleven years after the release of the second film.
- The first film in the franchise shot digitally, rather than on film.
- The film was released on the 20th anniversary of the publication of Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones's Diary," and filming began on the 20th anniversary of the first appearance of the "Bridget Jones Column" that Fielding wrote for the Independent newspaper.
- Initially, actress Sally Phillips doubted whether she would be able to reappear on screen as Bridget's friend, a role she played in previous installments of the franchise, due to her pregnancy.
- The premiere of the first trailer took place during an episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," where Renée Zellweger appeared as a guest in the studio.
- Renée Zellweger was genuinely delighted to have the opportunity to reprise her beloved character more than a decade after the release of the previous film. “I adore this character,” the actress confessed. “I like that Bridget talks about what it’s like to be a woman in situations that many people know firsthand. I think it’s right to tell another story about Bridget herself at a new stage in her life.”
- The first film trilogy of the 21st century directed by women. Sharon Maguire directed this film and "Bridget Jones's Diary" (2001), while Beeban Kidron directed "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" (2004).
- The film is not an adaptation of Helen Fielding’s novel “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” the third installment in the series published in 2013. The movie is based on an original screenplay co-written by Fielding and David Nicholls.
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