BRIDGET JONES 3 (Director Rumour)

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Bridget Jones 3 in the Making

Deadline is reporting that The Full Monty helmer PeterCattaneo is in talks to direct Bridget Jones 3 for Universal Pictures andWorking Title.

The third installment, which starts shooting early nextyear, will bring back together Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant.They previously appeared in Bridget Jones's Diary, which earned $281.9 millionworldwide in 2001, and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, which added another$262.5 million in 2004.

Author Helen Fielding wrote the script with David Nichollsand Paul Feig, the Bridesmaids helmer who was previously attached to direct.