Third Downton Abbey Film Sets 2025 Release Date
Your next visit to Downton Abbey… won’t be for a while.
Focus Features has announced that Downton Abbey 3, which is currently in production in the UK, will hit theaters on September 12, 2025.
The third film in the franchise is written by Downton creator Julian Fellowes, while Simon Curtis (who helmed 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Era) is on board to direct.
That first sequel, A New Era, followed the Crawleys and their staff as they welcomed a movie crew to Downton for the filming of a silent film, while other members of the family embarked on a grand adventure to a villa in the south of France to uncover a mystery about the Dowager Countess.
No plot details for Downton Abbey 3 have been revealed, but the returning cast includes Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, 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.
Additionally, Dominic West (The Affair) also will be back as Guy Dexter, a character introduced in Downton Abbey: A New Era, while Paul Giamatti (Billions) will reprise his role of Harold Levinson (aka Cora Grantham’s brother).
New for the third film are Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck), Alessandro Nivola (Doll & Em, The Many Saints of Newark), Simon Russell Beale (Penny Dreadful) and Arty Froushan (Carnival Row).
No Matthew Goode?? I know that there were scheduling conflicts regarding the first two movies but I really hated that Henry was so absent. I liked him and Mary together. I hope that they aren’t divorced…
I’m there. Friend said “only women and Gay Men like this how.”
Giamatti’s presence but Shirley MacLaine’s abscence makes me brace for the worst
I dunno… at this point, “Downton Abbey” just seems like G-rated “Bridgerton.” (Or “The Gilded Age” without as much camp.)
Lady Mary needs a divorce. Not another film with her having to explain where her husband is.