Downton Abbey returns to the big screen.
Focus Features and Carnival Films are working on the latest Downton film to be written by Julian Fellowes, the writer who created the acclaimed TV show that ran from 2010-15. Simon Curtis returns to directing after 2022 wraps up Downton Abbey: A New Era.
Along with Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern and Michelle Dockery, the returning cast includes: Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, Robert James-Collier, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech, Penelope Wilton, Lesley Nicol, Michael Fox, Raquel Casdy. Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sophie McShera and Douglas Reith.
Paul Giamatti, new Oscar nominee The Holdovers, reprises his role as Cora Grantham’s brother, Harold Levinson. Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola, Simon Russell Beale and Arty Froushan are among the newcomers to the film franchise. Elsewhere, Dominic West will also reprise his role as Guy Dexter Downton Abbey: A New Era.
Fellowes will produce, along with Gareth Neame and Liz Trubridge.
Downton Abbey: A New Era, the most recent film in theaters, earned $44 million at the domestic box office and $92 million at the global box office. The series first appeared on the big screen Downton Abbeywhich grossed $194.6 million worldwide.
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