Downton Abbey: A New Era released their full length trailer on Monday.
The film had originally been scheduled for release on March 18, but has been pushed back to April 29 for the UK and May 20 in the US, due to Covid.
And in the teaser for the sequel to the 2019 film, the Crawley family head to the South of France to uncover a mystery at a villa bestowed to Dowager Countess of Grantham, Violet Crawley, while an ambitious director plans to make a film at Downton.
One to watch: Downton Abbey: A New Era released their full length trailer on Monday
The trailer opens with fan favourite Dame Maggie Smith say as Violet: ‘I’ve come into the possession of villa in the South of France.
‘Years ago, before you were born. I met a man.’ It then transpires Dowager Grantham and her lover ‘spent a few days together and he gave her a house’.
The upcoming sequel will see the return of the much-loved cast including Hugh Bonneville Penelope Wilton and Michelle Dockery.
And it looks like there could be trouble in paradise for Lady Mary (Michelle) as she talks about the struggles of marriage in the trailer
Money: And in the teaser for the sequel to the 2019 film, the Crawley family head to the South of France to uncover a mystery at a villa bestowed to Dowager Countess of Grantham
Fling: The trailer opens with fan favourite Dame Maggie Smith say as Violet: ‘I’ve come into the possession of villa in the South of France. ‘Years ago, before you were born. I met a man’
He’s a hit! A slim mustached Dominic, who plays an 1920s Hollywood actor, becomes quite the heartthrob among the staff
And it looks like there could be trouble in paradise for Lady Mary (Michelle) as she talks about the struggles of marriage in the trailer.
Lady Mary is seen talking to Hugh’s character, saying: ‘You don’t need me to tell you that marriage is a novel full of plot twists along the way.’
And fans picked up on the absence of Lady Mary’s husband Henry Talbot (Matthew Goode) in the official posters.
Hollywood comes to Downton: The trailer also shows estate becoming the setting for a film but some of the Crawley family are unimpressed
Interesting: Lady Mary is seen talking to Hugh’s character, saying: ‘You don’t need me to tell you that marriage is a novel full of plot twists along the way.’
Crush: One of the cooks says: ‘There is something about him, he’s like a wild animal ready to spring’
One wrote: ‘Where is Henry Talbot???’
While another added: ‘WHERE IS HENRY TALBOT? I may need to take a turn around the grounds to mull over this mystery’.
A third chimed: ‘I just noticed one main character is missing from the #DowntonAbbeyANewEra movie poster. Where is Henry Talbot?’.
Missing: Fans picked up on the absence of Lady Mary’s husband Henry Talbot (Matthew Goode) in the official posters
Wow: The trailer opens with a sweeping shot of the iconic Yorkshire estate before Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (played by Maggie Smith) drops a bombshell
Action! Mister Barber, a producer and director, begins to shoot the film- but Earl of Grantham, Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville) isn’t impressed by the fanfare
The trailer also shows estate becoming the setting for a film and a slim mustached Dominic, who plays an 1920s Hollywood actor, becomes quite the heartthrob among the staff.
One of the cooks says: ‘There is something about him, he’s like a wild animal ready to spring’.
Mister Barber, a producer and director, begins to shoot the film- but Earl of Grantham, Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville) isn’t impressed by the fanfare.
‘I think its a horrible idea. Actresses plastered in make-up and actors just plastered,’ he says as the scene shifts to the Hollywood cast interrupting the day-to-day life in Downton.
Wedding bells: The trailer also hints that fans will finally get to see widower Tom Branson find love again with maid Lucy Smith, as the pair tie the knot in romantic scenes
The trailer also hints that fans will finally get to see widower Tom Branson find love again with maid Lucy Smith, as the pair tie the knot in romantic scenes.
Downton creator Julian Fellowes previously teased some details about the movie, which is based on the acclaimed TV series.
Speaking about the project, Julian shared: ‘It’s really a new era. The further the ’20s went along, the more the world was changing in so many ways. Everything from entertainment to transport was really different by the end of the ’20s. That’s what we’re referring to in that.’
Exciting: Downton creator Julian Fellowes previously teased some details about the movie, which is based on the acclaimed TV series
Julian sees the Downton films as an extension of the hit TV series, which ran for six seasons between 2010 and 2015, and he explained that the new movie will pick up from where the 2019 film ended.
He said: ‘As we know from the last film, Mary may not be the titular head of the household, but she is effectively running the show. We take that further.
‘We’re trying to mark the change – the fact that Crawleys of Downton are nearly in the 1930s, which is merely the beginning of the modern world.’
They’re back! The upcoming sequel will see the return of the much-loved cast including Hugh Bonneville, Penelope Wilton and Michelle Dockery
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