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Bridget Jones’s Baby

R
English
September 16, 2016
2hr 3min
Status: released

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Movie Details:

Based onCharacters by Helen Fielding
Country United Kingdom
United States
France
Language English
GenreComedy, Drama, Romance
Release date5 September 2016 (London)
September 14, 2016 (Philippines)
16 September 2016 (United States/United Kingdom)
5 October 2016 (France)
Running time2hr 3min
Age ratingR
StarringRenée Zellweger
Colin Firth
Patrick Dempsey
Jim Broadbent
Gemma Jones
Emma Thompson
Directed by Sharon Maguire
Screenplay byHelen Fielding
Dan Mazer
Emma Thompson
Produced byTim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Debra Hayward
Cinematography by Andrew Dunn
Edited by Melanie Oliver
Music byCraig Armstrong
Production CompanyStudioCanal
Miramax
Perfect World Pictures
Working Title Films
Distributor Universal Pictures (International)
StudioCanal (France)

Cast & Characters:

  • Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones
  • Colin Firth as Mark Darcy, QC
  • Patrick Dempsey as Jack Qwant
  • Jim Broadbent as Colin Jones, Bridget’s father
  • Gemma Jones as Pamela Jones, Bridget’s mother
  • Sarah Solemani as Miranda, Bridget’s friend and Hard News’s anchorwoman (a new character created exclusively for the movie)
  • James Callis as Tom
  • Shirley Henderson as Jude
  • Sally Phillips as Sharon “Shazzer”
  • Neil Pearson as Richard Finch, Bridget’s colleague
  • Kate O’Flynn as Alice Peabody, Hard News’s manager
  • Emma Thompson as Doctor Rawlings (a new character created exclusively for the movie)
  • Julian Rhind-Tutt as Fergus, Shazzer’s husband
  • Ben Willbond as Giles, Jude’s husband
  • Joanna Scanlan as Cathy, Hard News’s make-up artist
  • Celia Imrie as Una Alconbury, Pamela’s friend
  • James Faulkner as Uncle Geoffrey, Una’s husband
  • Enzo Cilenti as Gianni, the owner of an Italian restaurant
  • Jessica Hynes as Magda, Bridget’s friend and a lawyer’s wife
  • Dolly Wells as Woney, Bridget’s old friend
  • Agni Scott as Camilla, Mark’s former wife
  • Shirley Dixon as Geraldine Darcy, Mark’s mother
  • Donald Douglas as Admiral Darcy, Mark’s father
  • Nick Mohammed as Ariyaratna, the Area manager for DTC technological solutions
  • Patrick Malahide as George Wilkins, foreign minister
  • Katia Elizarova as Glamorous Looking Woman, ex-girlfriend of Daniel Cleaver
  • Tom Rosenthal as Josh, a researcher of Hard News
  • Beattie Edmondson as Laura, young assistant of Bridget
  • Laura Checkley as Susan, floor manager of Hard News
  • Darren Boyd as Jeremy
  • Bruce Wang as General Lu Tong
  • Chooye Bay as General Lu Tong’s driver
  • Janet Henfrey as Mavis Enderbury
  • Rafferty Railton as Spike, Shazzer and Fergus’ son
  • Abigail Kimber as Ruby, Shazzer and Fergus’ daughter
  • Amy Jayne as Poppy, Jude and Giles’ daughter
  • Ed Sheeran as himself
  • Erron Gordon as Hard News director
  • Ashley McGuire as midwife

Storyline:

Forty-something and single again, Bridget decides to focus on her job and surround herself with friends. Then she discovers that she is pregnant–but she is only 50% sure of the baby’s father’s identity.

About Movie:

Bridget Jones’s Baby is a romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer and Emma Thompson, based on the fictional columns by Fielding. It is the third film in the franchise and a sequel to the 2004 film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.

It stars Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, and Emma Thompson. The film marked Zellweger’s return to the screen after a six-year hiatus.

Filming began in Dublin in July 2015, where the first scenes of the film were shot at Ed Sheeran’s concert at Croke Park. Official principal photography with the actual cast began on 2 October 2015 in London. On 13 October 2015, a shooting took place at Borough Market, and later in October in Windsor Great Park, at Rosy Bottom.

Filming wrapped up on 27 November 2015. Reshoots took place for one week starting 8 January 2016.

The film was released theatrically on 16 September 2016 in the United Kingdom and United States and on 5 October in France. A critical and commercial success, the film received generally positive reviews and grossed over $211 million worldwide on a budget of $35 million. A sequel is in development.

Budget & Box Office Collection:

Budget$35 million
Domestic Opening $8,571,785
Domestic Collection$24,252,420
International Collection$187,700,000
Worldwide Collection$211,952,420

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