Downton Abbey fans rejoice!
The Downton Abbey cast is reuniting for a BBC movie. The highly anticipated feature is actually happening after officially receiving the green light.
The entire cast is expected to return for the big-screen adaptation with Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville and more set to reprise their original roles.
The news was confirmed via the official Downton Abbey Twitter account on Friday, writing, “Welcome back to Downton! We’re thrilled to announce that #DowntonAbbey is coming to the big screen. Film production begins this summer.”
The feature will be directed by Brian Percival from a script penned by Julian Fellowes who will also serve as executive producer alongside Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge and Nigel Marchant.
“When the television series drew to a close it was our dream to bring the millions of global fans a movie and now, after getting many stars aligned, we are shortly to go into production,” Neame said in a statement. “Julian’s script charms, thrills and entertains and in Brian Percival’s hands we aim to deliver everything that one would hope for as Downton comes to the big screen.”
Downton Abbey ran for six years on ITV in the UK and PBS in the US.
Welcome back to Downton! We’re thrilled to announce that #DowntonAbbey is coming to the big screen. Film production begins this summer. pic.twitter.com/3scMUmosic
— Downton Abbey (@DowntonAbbey) July 13, 2018
