Exciting news for Downton Abbey fans
After months and months of speculation, hints and cast rumours, a Downton Abbey film has finally been confirmed. The big screen treatment of the hit BBC period drama, which sadly ended last year, will be written by Downton creator Julian Fellowes.
So confident in the possibility of a movie has Fellowes been that he reportedly began writing the script prior to receiving the green light from producers. Click here to read his thoughts on what the film might look like.
Filming is set to begin in September, with casting announcements to come through as they are confirmed. Although, it seems likely that a few cast members are already onboard – last year, Joanna Froggatt (who played Anna Bates) said she’d “love to do it”.
“I think everybody would. We're all willing to do it, and willing it to happen... As long as we can get everyone together, it would be delightful.”
Phyllis Logan (who played Mrs Hughes) also revealed to Over60 she’d be keen to be involved in a movie. “If they want me in it, I think it would be lovely to have one last hurrah, wouldn’t it?”
However, it might be difficult to wrangle Dame Maggie Smith, who last year told Graham Norton she didn’t see how it would be possible. “By the time we finished, she must have been about 110. It couldn’t go on and on, it just didn’t make sense.”
Only time will tell how the film pans out, but no matter what, we’ll be watching.