Bridget Jones: Boy CrazyThe new trailer for is here, and it confirms a tragic twist fans were expecting.

The fourth film of Renée Zellweger’s iconic character is theatrical release next Valentine’s Daybut it doesn’t look like it will only elicit tears of laughter.

As expected, Bridget Jones 4 follows the book it is based on and takes place four years after the death of Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). Firth appears in the trailer, so it looks like he filmed some new scenes for the movie, but only for flashbacks.

Check out the first trailer for Bridget Jones: Boy Crazy above.

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The trailer reunites us with many returning stars, including Jim Broadbent like Bridget’s father, Colin. He is seen telling Bridget that “it’s not enough to survive, you have to live” in a scene that is sure to be moving.

During a trailer yesterday (November 11) which digital spy In attendance, director Michael Morris said he wanted to make a “mourning comedy”.

“(It’s) really a comedy, celebrating life in all the joy that Bridget brings, but life, you can’t ignore the hard times, you just can’t. It’s going to happen to everyone, so how does Bridget deal with that?” he explained.

“How can you move on with the kind of verve and joy that Bridget has? And I think in that way, it’s a romantic comedy, but an actual romantic comedy is what I wanted to do.”

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The trailer also gives us our first look at Hugh Grant’s returning Daniel Cleaver, who has, in one way or another, become something of an uncle to Bridget’s children, while we also get a first glimpse of Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall as Bridget’s new love interests.

Grant described Bridget Jones 4 as “very sad” and “extremely funny”and revealed that he wrote some of his own scenes.

Bridget Jones: Boy Crazy will be released in UK cinemas on February 14. It will be released exclusively on Peacock in the United States on February 13.

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