Michael Morris to Direct New Bridget Jones Film

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Michael Morris to Direct New Bridget Jones Film
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The new Bridget Jones film, based on the latest novel, will be directed by Michael Morris. The story follows Bridget in her 50s as she looks for love again after becoming a widowed mother of two. Author Helen Fielding has written the film script.

Michael Morris is set to direct the new film, which takes its title from the latest Bridget Jones novel that was published in 2013.

The story will pick up with Bridget in her 50s when she’s looking for love all over again as a widowed mother of two after the death ofWhile the studio has not confirmed how faithfully it will follow the book, author Helen Fielding has written the film script. There’s no word yet on who the new cast additions will be playing, but Leo is rumoured to be Bridget’s younger love interest.back in 2013 that Mad About the Boy was penned in secret so she could “write it like the first one”, free of expectation.

which reflected her commitment to better represent older female characters. “It was particularly enjoyable to write a scene where Bridget turns up amongst these people at a party with her gorgeous younger boyfriend, who ends up ripping off his shirt and diving into a pool to save a drowning dog,” she said.

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