Bridget Jones's Baby
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Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
Production
Budget
$35 000 000
Revenue
$211 952 420
Director
Scenario
Dan Mazer
Composer
Craig Armstrong
Producer
Tim Bevan
Actors
Renée Zellweger
Bridget
Colin Firth
Mark
Patrick Dempsey
Jack
Gemma Jones
Mum
Emma Thompson
Dr Rawlings
Sally Phillips
Shazzer
James Callis
Tom
Short description
Bridget Jones's Baby returns to the character created by Helen Fielding, now in her forties and single again after her relationship with Mark Darcy has ended. She throws herself into her work as a television producer and leans on friends old and new, and for a while her life seems orderly. That changes when she meets Jack, a wealthy American, and soon afterward crosses paths with Mark once more. She then discovers she is pregnant and cannot say which of the two men is the father, a question that hangs over the months that follow.
Sharon Maguire directed, returning to the series after Bridget Jones's Diary; her other credits include Incendiary and, later, Godmothered. Renée Zellweger again plays Bridget, with Colin Firth as Mark and Patrick Dempsey as Jack. Jim Broadbent and Gemma Jones appear as her parents, and Emma Thompson, who also worked on the screenplay with Dan Mazer and Fielding, plays Dr Rawlings.
The film cost about 35 million dollars and took roughly 212 million worldwide, a strong return on a mid-range comedy budget. On IMDb it holds 6.4 from around 91,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.4 from about 3,100, while the critics' rating stands at 6.3 from 211 reviews, putting professional and audience opinion closely in line. It runs 123 minutes.
What's left behind the scenes
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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).
- 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.
- Production of the third installment in the “Bridget Jones” franchise began on October 2, 2015, eleven years after the release of the second film.
- 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).
- 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."
- The film was distributed to cinemas in boxes labeled “London Bridge.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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."
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 first film in the franchise not to feature Richard Curtis in the screenplay writing.
- At certain periods of preparation for filming, Paul Feig and Peter Cattaneo were considered as directors.
- Sharon Maguire, the director of "Bridget Jones's Diary" (2001), served as the prototype for the character played by Sally Phillips.
- 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.
- 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).
- The film takes place in 2010.
- The first film in the franchise shot digitally, rather than on film.
- 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.
- Helen Fielding wrote and published the novel "Mad About the Boy" after the release of the third film in the franchise.
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