Downton Abbey lives on, with Focus Features and Carnival Films announcing a third feature film is currently in production. The first film inspired by the critically acclaimed, award-winning period drama premiered on September 20, 2019. The second film, Downton Abbey: A New Era, followed in May 2022. Focus Features hasn’t announced a target theatrical release date for the third film, currently referred to as Downton Abbey 3.
Returning original cast members include Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley, Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith, Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary, Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley, Jim Carter as Mr. Carson, Phyllis Logan as Mrs. Hughes, and Penelope Wilton as Isobel Merton. Robert James-Collier, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech, Lesley Nicol, Michael Fox, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sophie McShera, and Douglas Reith also return for the third film.
Dominic West reprises his role as Guy Dexter from Downton Abbey: A New Era, and Paul Giamatti returns as Cora Grantham’s brother Harold Levinson. New additions include Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola, Simon Russell Beale, and Arty Froushan.
Oscar winner and Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes wrote the screenplay and A New Era‘s Simon Curtis directs. Fellowes, Gareth Neame, and Liz Trubridge are producing. The film is a Carnival Films production, with Focus Features and Universal Pictures International distributing.
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