Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Big Problems Behind the Delay in a New 'Bridget Jones' Movie

As Helen Fielding's third book piques interest, a rival project and Renee Zellweger's fading star could prevent a trilogy.
This story first appeared in the Oct. 25 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

Bridget Jones isn't getting any younger. But there seems to be no sense of urgency to marry her off to a Hollywood suitor.

Film rights remain available to Helen Fielding's latest adventure, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the third literary outing for the self-deprecating heroine who counts calories and units of booze consumed with the fervor of a Nobel-winning chemist.