Downton Abbey fans are you ready for a feature film? Well here it comes…
Hold onto your bowler hats. On Friday, Focus Features announced that the long-rumored Downton Abbey movie is officially happening, according to Deadline. Production is due to begin this summer, and the original cast is all set to reprise their roles, so get ready to return to Yorkshire with all your faves.
Fans have been speculating about the possibility of a full-length adaptation of the beloved show, which followed the lives of Crawleys and their household staff in the 1920s, since the series wrapped its sixth and final season in 2015. And finally, three years later, the project has officially been confirmed. According to the report, the show's creator, Julian Fellowes, wrote the film's screenplay and will executive produce along with Liz Tubridge, Nigel Marchant, and Gareth Neame, and Brian Percival, who directed the very first episode of the series, will helm the project.
“When the television series drew to a close it was our dream to bring the millions of global fans a movie and now, after getting many stars aligned, we are shortly to go into production,” Neame said in a statement, according to E! News. “Julian's script charms, thrills and entertains and in Brian Percival's hands we aim to deliver everything that one would hope for as Downton comes to the big screen.”
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