The next Bridget Jones is officially on its way, with fourth film, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, set for release on Valentine's Day 2025. And with new A-list cast members (ahem Leo Woodall and Chiwetel Ejiofor) and upcoming trailers,

Grant also admitted that, while his character doesn't appear in the film's source material, the team behind the project were determined to involve him somehow.

Hugh Grant will reprise his role as Daniel Cleaver in the Bridget Jones 4 - but he has revealed it almost didn't happen

Renee Zellweger will be reprising her starring role as the titular character, who was caught in a love triangle between Grant’s Daniel Cleaver and Colin Firth’s Mark Darcy in the series’ first movie, 2001′s “Bridget Jones’s Diary.”

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the fourth film in the series, is set for release on Valentine’s Day 2025, with Grant set to reprise his role of womaniser Daniel Cleaver, alongside Renee Zellweger in the title role. Speaking on The Graham Norton Show in the UK, Grant said: “As well as being extremely funny, it’s very, very sad.”

With the Bridget Jones franchise getting ready for another diary entry, Daniel Cleaver actor Hugh Grant teased that the fourth installment in the romantic comedy film series — titled Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — is “extremely funny” but also emotional.

"Bridget Jones" has been entertaining us with laughter for years. In the upcoming fourth installment of the hit series, there will be plenty of tears too, but this time for a very different reason. Hugh Grant revealed that it will be an exceptionally sad chapter of the beloved film series.