It was a giant bummer again within the day when longtime Downton Abbey producer Gareth Neame talked about a “crossover” was unlikely between the beloved British collection and its American counterpart The Gilded Age. But, collection creator Julian Fellowes has at all times been extra of the “by no means say by no means” opinion, and now that The Gilded Age has wrapped on Season 3 and is coming again for Season 4, to not point out we’re about to get a 3rd Downton film, the subject has come up once more.
Actually, Fellowes was doing a little press forward of the upcoming 2025 film launch, and was requested as soon as extra about the potential of a crossover between the 2 tasks. This time, he received a little bit extra particular about why a doable crossover may work. (Although he additionally advised TV Line there isn’t a official information on this entrance.)
Properly, clearly there’s a possibility to [stage a crossover], as a result of they’re each in England. Issues just like the taking pictures season or no matter would incorporate many nice homes for all of those households, as they might journey round England. We are able to deliver a couple of conjunction at any time when we want, actually, however we haven’t received one deliberate but, so we’ll need to see.
Spoilers forward if you happen to plan to watch The Gilded Age Season 3.
Throughout Season 3 of The Gilded Age, Carrie Coon’s Bertha received her want and married off her naive daughter Gladys to a Duke, which made her a duchess, however led her personal marriage into rocky waters. Gladys then headed to England, and ended the latest season pregnant. So, as Fellowes notes, if the present needs to tie in with Downton sooner or later, there may be potential for a personality, household, and even location crossover when Season 4 comes round.
Fellowes has additionally been candid that getting HBO and Focus Options on the identical web page could be the largest job. Again when Gareth Neame had commented on the prospect, he had additionally talked about the crossover potential was there, as effectively. He mentioned that whereas Dame Maggie Smith’s character would have been alive through the Eighteen Eighties time-frame The Gilded Age is about in (and was memorably wooed by a Russian in St. Petersberg), “nothing was deliberate” on the time.
It’s a separate universe, however they’re each fictions set within the Eighteen Eighties. Downton Abbey, in its personal fiction, was positively there. A youthful model of the Maggie Smith character can be dwelling there, I suppose. Nevertheless it’s not likely deliberate.
That was again in Season 1. Now, we’re heading into Season 4, and there’s loads extra time to discover some doable nods and winks. I feel the fanbase is prepared for them, too. I definitely am.
Sadly, it is uncertain we might get any kind of crossover within the new film, given the trailer for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale proved it is going to be set within the Thirties– round fifty years after the tales in The Gilded Age. However I am nonetheless at all times smitten by any upcoming Fellowes tasks, and with out the late, nice Maggie Smith within the fold, I’m excited about how the unique collection will lastly wrap, and what that can imply for future tasks total.
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