Just when the world seems like it can’t muster a single piece of good news, we learn of the holiday treat coming to us from the Crawley family.
On Monday, Focus Features announced it has set production with Gareth Neame’s Carnival Films on “Downton Abbey 2.”
“The original principal cast will all once again return for the second film which began production last week and is set to release Christmas 2021,” according to a press release marking the announcement. “In addition to the original cast, Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye and Dominic West will join the cast.”
The release is set for December 22, the announcement said.
The post- Edwardian series about a British aristocratic family and their servants played out over six seasons and then filtered into the US via PBS’s Masterpiece Theater.
No word on whether or not the film will be a theater, stream or tv release… or all of the above. But it’s like 8 months away. So we’ll likely know soon!