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‘Downton Abbey 3’ underway with Paul Giamatti, Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola & more joining cast

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Focus Features and Carnival Films are officially in production on Downton Abbey 3 with main cast members returning and a number of new additions to the feature franchise spawned by creator Julian Fellowes' global TV phenomenon. Simon Curtis is directing after helming 2022's feature sequel Downton Abbey: A New Era.
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Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti is reprising his role from the TV series as Cora's (Elizabeth McGovern) brother Harold Levinson. New to the film franchise are Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola and House of the Dragon's Simon Russell Beale and Arty Froushan. Dominic West will also reprise his role as Guy Dexter from the second movie.
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As well as McGovern, other returning key cast include Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, Robert James-Collier, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech, Penelope Wilton, Lesley Nicol, Michael Fox, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sophie McShera and Douglas Reith.
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For the moment, there's no word on plot details. The third feature is written by Fellowes and produced by Gareth Neame, Fellowes and Liz Trubridge.

Fellowes' wildly successful period drama started life as a series on ITV in 2011. It went on to spawn six seasons and two movies. The first two films, released in 2019 and 2022, grossed a combined $287.3 million globally.
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‘Downton Abbey 3’ Underway With Paul Giamatti, Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola & More Joining Cast

Focus Features and Carnival Films are officially in production on Downton Abbey 3, with main cast members returning and a number of new additions.
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Vico

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Literally just watched the second movie last night. That news could not come at a better time.
 
FRANKEINSTEIN

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I've never seen the show or movies but have collected most the seasons from thrift shops. Maybe it's ti started them.
 
crazillo

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Recently watched the series on Netflix and absolutely loved it. Really need to watch the movies, too.
 
thediamondage

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plot of Downton Abbey 3

lady Mary meets a dashing new suitor while on vacation in Austria, a charming young artist named Adolf
 
Grue

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Downton is like an ITV Sunday afternoon drama from when I was a kid, but with a massive budget and enormous production values.

I'm never going to complain about its uncritical eye on classism, or cliched plots, or general predictability. It's not there for that.

It's cosy mug-of-cocoa viewing and I'll certainly take more of it.
 
snackshack

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Grue said:
Downton is like an ITV Sunday afternoon drama from when I was a kid, but with a massive budget and enormous production values.

I'm never going to complain about its uncritical eye on classism, or cliched plots, or general predictability. It's not there for that.

It's cosy mug-of-cocoa viewing and I'll certainly take more of it.
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Well said.
 
Dice

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Granny's one-liners will be sorely missed.

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It’s Time To Go

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Ruck said:
did he just not want to come back or is there another reason? im not familiar with him outside of the show
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I don't know, but he was a pretty important character in the last season of the show. Then in the first movie he was barely in it, and didn't show up at all in the second, or in the third it looks like.
 
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