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Focus Features says production on the sequel to the hit 2019 film is now underway, with a release date set for Christmas 2021.
The Crawleys are returning.
Downton Abbey 2 the sequel to the first
Downton Abbey film from 2019 has officially been announced, with production starting last week and Dominic West having joined the cast.
Focus Features confirmed the news alongside Carnival Films, saying that creator Julian Fellowes and all the original principal cast including Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Laura Carmichael and Michelle Dockery would be back. It later confirmed to
The Hollywood Reporter that this included Maggie Smith (there had been uncertainly following a storyline in the first film)
By Stacy Lambe Focus Features
Get ready for more
Downton Abbey! The celebrated upstairs-downstairs franchise is returning to the big screen with a sequel to the hit 2019 film adaptation. The official news comes just over one year after producer Gareth Neame told ET that he and creator Julian Fellowes were “committed” to making a second movie happen.
According to Focus Features, the principal cast “will all once again return” for the sequel, which will be set around the holidays and began production in April. Joining the cast this time around are Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye and Dominic West.
Downton Abbey 2 to open in theaters in December
UPI News Service, 04/19/2021
The Downton Abbey cast will return in a second film in the franchise.
ADVERTISEMENT Focus Features announced Monday that Downton Abbey 2 will open in theaters in December.
The new movie is a sequel to the 2019 film and the ITV series, which aired for six seasons from 2010 to 2015.
Fellowes will write the screenplay and produce with Gareth Neame and Liz Trubridge, according to Variety. Simon Curtis will direct the sequel. After a very challenging year with so many of us separated from family and friends, it is a huge comfort to think that better times are ahead and that next Christmas we will be reunited with the much beloved characters of Downton Abbey, Neame said in a statement.
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