Bridget Jones Diary 4: What to expect as Renee Zellweger returns in sequel based on Mad About Boy book with Colin Firth and Hugh Grant

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The cultural phenomenon that was Bridget Jones’s Diary led to unprecedented box office success and an Oscar nomination for its leading actor Renée Zellweger, who played the perpetually single lead. Based on the 1996 book, Bridget Jones’s Diary by The Independent columnist Helen Fielding, which went on to sell 15 million copies and gave birth to a much-loved British icon, the fourth instalment is rumoured to involve a surprise return for Hugh Grant, as Daniel Cleaver. open image in gallery ‘It suddenly hit me that I’ve been single for seven years’: Perpetually single Bridget in ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ *Spoilers ahead* The latest sequel will be based on the 2013 book Bridget Jones’s Diary: Mad About the Boy, which follows the 51-year-old single mother of two children as she navigates dating in an era of social media and dating apps. open image in gallery Hugh Grant and Renée Zellweger in ‘Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason’ “But really there’s no part for Daniel Cleaver in it at all,” Grant added.