--- title: Bridget Jones's Baby: First Look with Renee Zellweger description: Turns out Bridget Jones has one more story to tell. canonical: https://time.com/4157234/bridget-jones-baby-first-look-renee-zellweger-colin-firth/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-21T17:45:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:48.320Z og:title: Here's Your First Look at the New Bridget Jones og:description: "It feels like stepping back with an old friend" og:url: https://time.com/4157234/bridget-jones-baby-first-look-renee-zellweger-colin-firth/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8119a2aca521f66f/69887659bc6cfcefc33daf3f/ew-1396-jones-cover-2.jpg?branch=production&width=612&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 612 og:image:height: 344 og:image:alt: ew-1396-jones-cover-2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Your First Look at the New Bridget Jones twitter:description: "It feels like stepping back with an old friend" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8119a2aca521f66f/69887659bc6cfcefc33daf3f/ew-1396-jones-cover-2.jpg?branch=production&width=612&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Your First Look at the New _Bridget Jones_ > Sponsored content. 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Time has taken the highest grossing film each year for the past century and crammed them into 5 and a half minutes. No Intermission._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 21, 2015 5:45 PM UTC  Entertainment Weekly Bridget Jones cover Entertainment Weekly Bridget Jones cover RANKIN/EW  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 21, 2015 5:45 PM UTC Bridget Jones has one more story to tell. Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and [Patrick Dempsey](http://time.com/4029107/patrick-dempsey-bridget-jones/), the stars of [_Bridget Jone’s Baby_](http://time.com/4072033/bridget-jones-baby-release-date/), sat down for exclusive interviews with _Entertainment Weekly_ for the Dec. 21st issue of the magazine, giving inside details about the upcoming installment in the series. The latest film will jump ahead in time to 10 years after the events of 2004’s _The Edge of_ Reason, and will recount the trials and tribulations of the British singleton as she struggles to figure out whether longtime beau Mark Darcy (Firth) or billionaire Mark Qwant (Dempsey) is the father of her child. And while you’ll have to wait until Sept. 16, 2016 to see how [the movie](http://time.com/4154301/most-anticipated-movies-2016/) turns out, Zelwegger revealed that she loved returning to the role that launched her career. “This is part of the new challenge, discovering where she is now in her new life,” she [told EW](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/21/this-weeks-cover-bridget-jones-baby). “But as an actress, it feels like stepping back with an old friend. I love this character, I like that she tells stories about what it’s like to be a woman and these really relatable situations at certain times in life. It’s so right to tell a story about Bridget in this stage of her life.” ## Transcript [ Music Playing ] [ Music Playing ] >> I'm going to kiss you then I want you to turn away and go on talking. >> Or I'll take the liberty of having you seized up and flogged. >> Now take the apple dearie. >> Nowadays you go out and get yourself an >> ism and-- >> Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. >> War! Take [ unk ] >> It is a war of the people, of all the people. >> Stand up now and go and we both go. >> Would you like to swing on a star. >> The bells of St. Mary. >> I'll never marry him. >> Nor any of the [ unk ] you try to force on me. >> Late? >> For the Easter Parade. We had a date, remember? -[ unk ] He's back. >> It's the greatest show on earth. >> White Christmas. >> Now, this is Doc, girls, Mr. Roberts. >> Hi! >> Hi! >> Hi! -[ unk ] >> What don't we get? >> You know damn well. >> Your eyes are full of hate, 41. >> Keep cooly cool, boy. >> No criminals! >> I could have danced all night. >> The hills are alive with the sound of music. >> Let there be light! >> Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. >> I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. >> Rules. No rules. >> 'Til we marry, okay? >> The French connection, a [ unk ] with a record too clean to be true. -[ unk ] >> All right, everybody, FBI! Don't anybody try to leave. -[ Music Playing ] >> Enjoy your flight. >> No, I am your father. >> Then try to keep up, okay? >> The need for speed. >> There you go, Ray. >> Yeah. >> You're dancing. >> Yeah. >> This is it. -[ unk ] are we hit? >> On our left. >> I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle. >> A whole new world. >> The circle of life. >> 90 blocks and 30 minutes of New York traffic. >> I'm flying. Jack-- >> I'll look in on you from time to time, okay, honey. >> You're a wizard, Harry. >> Shrek! >> Fiona! >> Fiona! >> Mom! >> Harold. >> Donkey! >> Let her go. >> Very poor choice of words. >> That's not trash. That's not trash! >> I thought I was-- >> The [ unk ] >> Oh my. >> What the heck? 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