Downton Abbey Sequel Gets An Official Title And New Release Date

Focus Features and Carnival Films have announced the new title of the highly anticipated Downton Abbey film sequel: DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA.

Formerly titled DOWNTON ABBEY 2, the original principal cast have returned for the second film which means the likes of Matthew Goode, Robert James-Collier, Joanne Froggatt, Elizabeth McGovern, Laura Carmichael and Dame Maggie Smith will be back as Henry Talbot, Thomas Barrow, Anna Bates, Cora Crawley, Edith Pelham and Violet, the Dowager Countess, respectively.

The new additions to the cast include Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye and Dominic West. The screenplay is written by Downton creator and Academy-Award^® winner Julian Fellowes, with Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning Gareth Neame and Emmy Award-winning Liz Trubridge producing with Fellowes. BAFTA and Emmy nominated Simon Curtis (My Week with Marilyn) is directing. The initial film followed a Royal Visit to the Crawley family and Downton staff from the King and Queen of England and ended with a ball fitting for the Royal Family. 

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DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA will be released in the UK on Friday, March 18, 2022. Universal Pictures International will release internationally on the same date. 

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