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The Guardian understands that the romantic movie, which starred Renee Zellweger, is being worked on by NBC Universal and Working Title.
The two production companies plan to eventually rework a number of films from the Working Title's library of over 90 British theatrical releases - including Billy Elliot, Notting Hill and Nanny McPhee - which would air in the US.
Pete Smith, president of NBC Universal International, said the success of ITV1's spin-off drama Law & Order: UK was encouraging.
"We have a tremendous reservoir [of content] at NBC, yet this hasn't really been done much before," Smith revealed.
It was announced last year that Bridget Jones 3 was in production, but Zellweger recently played down the sequel.
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