--- title: 'Downton Abbey' Movie in the Works description: It’s been less than two years since Downton Abbey came to an end, but a movie featuring the aristocratic Crawley family is in the works. canonical: https://time.com/4827125/downton-abbey-crawley-family-movie/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-21T18:40:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:15:20.154Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: We Might Finally Be Getting That 'Downton Abbey' Movie og:description: Fans, rejoice! 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Jun 21, 2017 6:40 PM UTC  Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham and Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham and Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley in Downton AbbeyPBS—Moviestillsdb.com by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Jun 21, 2017 6:40 PM UTC The Crawley family may soon be returning to the screen. It’s been less than two years since _Downton Abbey_ came to an end, but a movie is in the works, EW has confirmed. Michael Edelstein, president of NBCUniversal International Studios, [told the Associated Press](https://apnews.com/109a5cbbbc3847b88b27b13dbd847740/NBC-says-'Downton-Abbey'-movie-production-to-start-in-2018?utm%5Fcampaign=SocialFlow&utm%5Fsource=Twitter&utm%5Fmedium=APEntertainment) on Wednesday that the film has “been in the works for some time” and production expected to begin in 2018. **_EW.com:_**[_This Is What the Stars of Downton Abbey Look Like in Real Life_](http://www.ew.com/gallery/downton-abbey-stars-real-life) “We are working on getting the script right and then we’ve got to figure out how to get the \[cast\] together,” Edelstein told the AP at the opening of “Downton Abbey: The Exhibition” in Singapore. “Because as you know, people go on and do other things. But we’re hopeful to make a movie sometime next year.” Edelstein added that he hopes to get 20 returning cast members for the film, and although several actors told the AP that they weren’t officially signed on, they’re hopeful that they’ll get to return to the abbey soon. “Oh, well, you’ve got confirmation before us. We have no idea if that’s happening,” Sophie McShera, who played Daisy, told the AP. “But we would all love to be part of the film if it was to happen, for sure.” “Well, tell my agent, because we’re still wanting to know,” added Laura Carmichael, who played Lady Edith. “We’re hoping that will happen soon.” Julian Fellowes’ long-running British television show, which became an international hit, concluded with a Christmas special in December 2015\. (In the U.S., the finale aired on PBS in March 2016.) Ever since, fans have been asking about whether the aristocratic Crawleys and their staff might return in the form of a film, and earlier this month, [Fellowes teased](http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/downton-abbey-film-julian-fellowes-script%5Fuk%5F59410263e4b0d3185485fc1a) that “it’s pretty likely the _Downton_ movie will happen.” “I keep being asked about the _Downton_ film,” Fellowes [said](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/06/downton-abbey-movie). “I’ve done some work on the script, because I don’t want to find there’s a green light and no script ready. But we’re still waiting for that green light from the studio. Then the biggest difficulty will be rounding up all the cast as, compared with most series, it has such a large cast. And it needs them to feel Downtonesque.” _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/tv/2017/06/21/downton-abbey-movie-happening/) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_ ](http://ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4827125/downton-abbey-crawley-family-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4827125/downton-abbey-crawley-family-movie/"},"headline":"We Might Finally Be Getting That Downton Abbey Movie","datePublished":"2017-06-21T18:40:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:15:20.154Z","description":"Fans, rejoice! 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