EXCLUSIVE: Mad About the Boy, the fourth installment in the Bridget Jones film series, was released exclusively on Peacock in the U.S., making it a TV movie eligible for Emmy Awards.
The sequel to the 2016 Bridget Jones’ Baby has set its Emmy submissions, including Outstanding Television Movie and star Renée Zellweger who is looking to make awards history by earning both an Oscar and Emmy nomination for the same role, the endearing eponymous British heroine who journals her search for love.
Zellweger landed the first of her four Oscar nominations to date (including two wins) for the first installment in the franchise, the 2001 Bridget Jones’ Diary. She is being submitted by Peacock for Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
One of Zellweger’s leading men in the first two Bridget Jones movies, Hugh Grant, also made a return in Mad About the Boy, reprising his role as (somewhat) reformed womanizer Daniel Cleaver. He is up for Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
Grant is one of three Mad About the Boy submissions in the category, alongside the franchise newcomers who play Bridget’s love interests in the new installment, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall.
Mad About the Boy‘s Emmy submissions also include Michael Morris in the Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie field and Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer and Abi Morgan in the writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie race.
L-R: Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mr. Walliker in ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy‘
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Additionally, the film is up for Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More), Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, Contemporary Costumes, Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic), Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score), Music Supervision, Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special and Sound Mixing for a Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie.
