Jim Carter in “Downton Abbey” by Michael Engler – Universal Pictures
He was pretty sure that the movie Downton abbey, released in 2019, was going to be entitled to a sequel. Series creator Julian Fellowes was on board, Michelle Dockery and the rest of the cast too, and there was even talk of Nathalie Bay as a guest star, as a friend of the unmistakable Lady Violet Crawley. It’s now official, as the newspaper confirms Variety and the Universal distributor, Downton abbey 2 will be released in theaters at Christmas, with of course the original cast, but also new recruits: Nathalie Bay therefore, as well as Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock and Dominic West.
An ideal remedy for the current crisis and the prevailing gloom
While Julian Fellowes is still writing the screenplay, the film will not be directed by Michael Engler as the first, but by Simon Curtis (My Week with Marylin). Producer Gareth Neame sees this sequel as an ideal remedy in these difficult times: “After a very difficult year with so many of us separated from our families and friends, it is a tremendous comfort to think that better times are upon us. to come and that next Christmas we will find the beloved characters of Downton abbey “.