The exploits of the Crawley family in the final days of Empire.
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Downton Abbey has made a habit of defying expectations. The series was not supposed to be a big hit for Masterpiece; edited down to four episodes from seven and exiled to the doldrums of January. The first film, distributed by indie studio Focus Features, was viewed as a niche offering
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Though it's been the 1920s since Season 3 of Downton Abbey, the upcoming sequel film Downton Abbey: A New Era leans heavily into the decade in a way the previous installments of the franchise did not. And that's not a historically inaccurate decision. Like many eras
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Even though Downton Abbey: A New Era has moved from mid-March to mid-May, fans are still super excited for a return to the House of Grantham. The fact that a sequel happened this fast in itself was miraculous enough; it seemed almost impossible that more Downton Abbey would arrive in
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The gift of the 2021 lockdowns in the U.K. is that they cleared the schedules of every Downton Abbey actor, making it possible to bring back the entire ensemble for a second big-screen production much quicker than they might have otherwise managed. The first film spent a couple of
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Certain TV shows and movies become holiday staples. Some of that is by design — Nightmare Before Christmas comes to mind as a yearly Halloween/Christmas tradition and was built as such. Others gain the position by sheer repetition: Hocus Pocus, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, It's A Wonderful Life.
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After keeping it theaters only this weekend, Downton Abbey has finally bestowed the new trailer for the feature film sequel, Downton Abbey: A New Era, upon the masses waiting at home. With zero plot synopsis revealed ahead of time, and little to go on other than the entire cast returning,
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Once again, it is time to return to Downton Abbey, the storied house in Yorkshire that belongs to the Crawley family, the seat of the Grantham Estate. Fans have known Downton Abbey 2 was almost certainly in the works since the first one blew away projections and became a box
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After retracting the initially planned holiday release date of Christmas 2021, the Downton Abbey sequel is back on the big-screen schedule. Producing partner Focus Features, the Comcast-owned indie studio that distributed the first Downton Abbey film, made the sequel a significant part of their presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas
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Sad news Downton Abbey fans - we won't be spending Christmas with the Crawley family this year after all. Though the initial announcement of the long-awaited second Downton Abbey feature film came with a theatrical release date of Christmas 2021 attached, it looks like that may have been
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Downton Abbey secured itself a sequel berth when the box office returns rocked industry watchers with record proceeds. The only obstacle — much like the first film — was the ensemble element. With a core cast of a dozen and a half actors, lining up schedules was always going to be a
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Move over, Bridgerton. The original fictional period-piece romance drama has thrown its hat in the ring to be our date this holiday season. The inevitable sequel to the Downton Abbey movie, entitled Downton Abbey 2, is heading to big screens in time for Christmas. A big-screen sequel was less a
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As the streaming wars in the U.S. heat up, the big beneficiaries are the viewers who love overseas shows. Content is king, and American studios can only make so many shows a year. That means several streamers are turning to British shows to fill the gaps; Netflix, for example,