by Nathaniel R
"What are you doing here?"
When I first heard the news that there would be a third Downton Abbey film I thought,' that's crazy, you've killed off the most quotable character in the previous film!' As you'll recall the Dowager Countess played by the late great Dame Maggie Smith passed away in the last film Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022). But then I reconsidered my incredulity about another film because the franchise has so many good characters...
The reason for this post is the new poster above. The teaser poster focuses on Lady Mary just as it should. With the Dowager departed, she is the now incontestable MVP. The movie will open on September 12th, 2025. Are you excited to return to the upstairs / downstairs antics of the Crawley family and their servants?
And while we're on the topic of feature films that are essentially new seasons (or wrap-ups) of departed television shows, what do you make of them? I've often wondered why they do that as opposed to just making another season but perhaps I'm missing something.
Are there any movie "finales" you'd like to see (however improbable) of tv series you once loved?