As Charles Dickens as soon as stated in A Christmas Carol, “life’s fabricated from conferences and partings.” Whereas the 2025 film schedule received’t function any new adaptation of Tiny Tim’s hypothetical loss of life, it’s going to mark the discharge of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. With its debut, the movie will definitely be closing the curtain on an period of popular culture. Nonetheless, collection creator/author Julian Fellowes has hinted at a pair methods during which the Crawley legacy may proceed and, on the identical time, there’s an ongoing fan concept that would make followers shed joyful tears.
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Would possibly Not Be The Finish Of The Crawley Household Legacy
Deadline caught up with Julian Fellowes, as he prepares for the Tribeca Movie Pageant’s occasion honoring The Gilded Age Season 3’s premiere. So, after all, the topic of Downton Abbey 3 got here up, and the way that confirmed finale occasion is about to conclude the ITV collection’ cinematic trilogy. Nonetheless, Fellowes does not appear eager on writing off some form of revival fully, as he shared this promising growth when requested if the threequel will really be the top:
I don’t know. Each time I say, ‘Oh sure, that’s undoubtedly it. Goodbye, and I’ll by no means do it once more.’ Then, inside a yr, I’m again doing one thing. So I by no means say by no means anymore. However I believe it’s the final with the unique solid. They’ve accomplished 15 years, and that’s a very long time on a TV present.
Oh, my pricey buddies, Mr. Carson’s prediction of a “century” of historical past at Downton should very effectively be in play. Though, because the EP famous above, the unique collection solid will in all probability be absent from no matter venture might or might not come subsequent. Come to consider it, after watching Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’s teaser, I’m wondering if it’ll even connect with the storied property in any respect.
A change in characters could possibly be enjoyable to observe, whether or not it’s the Crawley household’s adventures out of the household residence, or the story of the potential new household shifting onto the grounds. However that’s not the one promising tease that Julian Fellowes needed to supply. He dropped one other one which ties to one thing that followers of The Gilded Age have been speaking about since day one.
The Gilded Age Crossover Idea Might Nonetheless Change into A Actuality
Even from the primary season of Fellowes’ long-in-development collection The Gilded Age, followers have been inquisitive about potential Downton Abbey crossovers. As he continued to keep away from utilizing the world “by no means,” Julian Fellowes appeared to supply some hope relating to cross polination:
Perhaps. We’re not accomplished but, so we’ll see.
Whereas the Max subscription providing most just lately featured occasions unfolding in 1883 New York and Downton begins in 1912, the likelihood has all the time appeared to exist. The strongest potential thread in that pitch has all the time been the American-born Cora Crawley (Elizabeth McGovern), whose household relations made their fortune previous to the occasions we noticed in Downton Abbey. Regardless of that, as of the primary two seasons, no connections between the 2 collection have been solid.
It isn’t for lack of engaging choices, although. Maybe the Levinson household will likely be a celebration that tries to do enterprise with George Russell (Morgan Spector) and his unstable holdings? Perhaps a younger Violet Crawley will cease in New York and commerce jabs with Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski)? There’s no restrict to what may occur, besides the situations Julian Fellowes probably lays out. Regardless of the case, I would like to see Downton proceed in some kind or style.
Prepare for a summer time of hypothesis, as The Gilded Age Season 3 premieres on June twenty second at 9 PM ET on HBO/HBO Max! In the meantime Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is about to ship off the franchise in fashion, solely in theaters, beginning September twelfth.