'Downton Abbey' Cast Talks 'A New Era,' New Characters and New Locations (Exclusive)

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After first arriving on our screens over 10 years ago, Downton Abbey continues to enchant audiences around the world as new people discover the hit British classic week after week.The iconic ITV show charts the continuing saga of the Crawley family’s estate set in a fictional corner of Yorkshire and charts a period of history at the turn of the 20th century. Despite being set in Yorkshire, the series was predominantly filmed at the stunning Highclere Castle in North Hampshire, with the familiar house and grounds even open to the public to tour - making it one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country according to TripAdvisor.

Laura Haddock and Jenna Coleman were among the many stars who attended the glitzy Maison Chaumet event in London on Tuesday evening.MORE: Sam Claflin shares surprise photo of ex-wife Laura Haddock for this special reasonThe famous boutique celebrated the first anniversary of the reopening of its New Bond Street location, accompanied by many friends of the Maison.WATCH: Laura Haddock stars in Downton Abbey: A New EraFor the occasion, actress Jenna wore the Soleil Glorieux earrings and ring from Les Ciels de Chaumet Collection and looked sublime in a strapless blue floral print dress which she teamed with dark peep-toe green heels.MORE: Jenna Coleman opens up about 'compelling' new role in upcoming TV dramaSEE: Jenna Coleman's former £2.5million house with Tom Hughes is what dreams are made ofMeanwhile, Downton Abbey beauty Laura rocked an oversized two-piece suit, which was styled further with striking pieces from the Josephine collection. Elsewhere, models Amelia Windsor and Mia Regan wore pieces from Chaumet's Bee My Love collection.Guests at the event discovered the Maison's jewellery and High Jewellery collections as they enjoyed sipping glasses of champagne and ate canapés to the sounds of DJ Lou Hayter.

William Earl The “Doctor” is still in, as Marvel’s newest film continues to lead the box office against some very proper competition.“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” added another $8.5 million to its box office total on Friday, bumping its cumulative gross up to $318 million. Meanwhile, “Downton Abbey: A New Era” is estimated to end the weekend with $18 million,“Downton Abbey: A New Era,” the second film spin-off of the beloved U.K.

Jordan Moreau “Downton Abbey” ushered in its “New Era” with $1 million in previews on Thursday.This weekend, the drama will face off against A24’s cerebral horror “Men” and Marvel powerhouse “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” which has dominated the box office since it launched two weeks ago.“Downton Abbey: A New Era” is the second feature film to spin off from the popular U.K. TV series, following the critically and commercially successful 2019 movie, simply titled “Downton Abbey.” The first movie opened to $31 million, beating original box office estimates, and marked the biggest launch for a Focus Features film.

Highly anticipated Downton Abbey: A New Era made $1.050 million in Thursday previews that began at 7 p.m. at more than 3,800 theaters. It is Focus Features’ widest ever U.S. release and one that comes with a weight of responsibility as the film to finally catapult older demos back into theaters. Focus Features distribution chief Lisa Bunnell recently promised cinema owners it would. “We have our own superheroes,” she said at CinemaCon.

the first film, pulls from real-life events, with the historical drama drawing inspiration from a chapter in Alfred Hitchcock’s professional life as a director. According to director Simon Curtis, the sequel’s movie-within-a-movie subplot is a direct reference to the prolific filmmaker’s early days of making silent movies, most notably 1929’s . [: Some spoilers for ]At the time, Hitchcock was working on his latest silent film, an adaptation of Charles Bennett’s 1928 play about a woman who is blackmailed by a man who tried to assault her.

 reunites the beloved sprawling ensemble cast that make up the extended Crawley family and their many household staff members, there is one performer notably absent from the new film. Matthew Goode, who joined the franchise as Henry Talbot in season 5 and later wed Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery), sadly is nowhere to be seen onscreen despite previously returning for the franchise’s first film.Goode's absence, however, doesn’t come as a total surprise given that he has not appeared in any of the trailers or images leading up to ’s theatrical debut.

James Bay has announced plans for a UK and Ireland tour and shared a video for his recent single ‘One Life’.The Hitchin singer-songwriter will hit the road in the autumn kicking off at Bournemouth O2 Academy on November 20.The jaunt will also call at Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin and Birmingham before wrapping up at London’s O2 Brixton Academy on December 2 and Bristol O2 Academy the following night (3).Pre-sale tickets will go on sale next Wednesday (May 25) from 9am until 8am on Friday (May 27). Tickets will then go on general sale at 9am on the same day. You can purchase tickets for the shows here.Bay has also posted the video for ‘One Life’ which charts “a relationship between a couple, while milestone memories are captured in a way that resemble a very personal and intimate home movie,” according to a press release.

Downton Abbey: A New Era,” that doesn’t mean Doyle thinks it’s possible for many in the UK, even now.“I mean, people like to think in Britain that it’s, you know, society’s changed a lot,” the Lincolnshire-born actor said. “But I’m a little bit more skeptical.

exciting and neeeeew than that old show.There are two concurrent plots here, both of which play like rudimentary fan fiction. The Dowager Countess (Maggie Smith), who’s in poor health, is shocked when she learns she’s inherited a villa in the south of France from a summer fling decades earlier.

Elizabeth McGovern confesses she thought showbiz was a breeze.The actress, 60, made her feature film debut in the 1980 hit film “Ordinary People” starring Donald Sutherland and Timothy Hutton, directed by Robert Redford.“I didn’t have anything to compare it to, so my feeling was like, ‘God, show business is easy, isn’t it?” she chuckled in a recent interview with The Post. “Little did I know! Then I had to sort of stick with it for however many years, which we won’t say.

Downton Abbey star Joanne Froggatt has left fans stunned as she showed off her endless legs and incredible figure in a sunny yellow two-piece.The Anna Bates actress, 41, wowed as she strutted in yellow blazer and matching shorts to join co-star Allen Leech in New York as they appeared on US programme The View.Joanne opted for a bright white shirt underneath her blazer, which she tucked into her shorts while wearing her sleek blonde tresses down loose around her shoulders.She added some dazzling white heels to complement her legs as she walked down the streets of New York. Her silver jewellery was simple but glowed in the sunlight.The actress always impresses with her outfits, earlier this week as she attended the premier for the second Downton Abbey movie, A New Era.

Andrew Wallenstein President and Chief Media AnalystWhen “Downton Abbey: The New Era” arrives in U.S. theaters this week, it will represent just the latest iteration of a franchise more than a decade in operation.Julian Fellowes, the Emmy-winning writer of the period-drama megahit, and Gareth Neame, executive chairman of Carnival Films, discuss their collaboration on six TV seasons and two films on the latest episode of the Variety podcast “Strictly Business,” including their hopes that there is still more to come for their beloved period drama.“We can go on with these people as long as the audience wants to go on seeing them and as long as they enjoy them,” said Neame of the “Downton” characters.

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Today Show is making host Savannah Guthrie's dream come true! The star unveiled an unbelievable on-set transformation that left her totally awestruck.ALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleIn honor of the release of Downton Abbey: A New Era, Today studios were unrecognizably transformed to fit the style of the legendary Highclere Castle, where the iconic period piece has filmed since its debut in 2010.The set felt so authentic, it had Savannah joking about forgetting etiquette and how to behave.WATCH: Savannah and other Today hosts like you've never seen them beforeMORE: Selma Blair makes difficult revelation about her mother to emotional Savannah GuthrieThe beloved host had the dinner of her dreams – and dream dinner guests – as she sat down to interview Downton Abbey's fan favorites, including Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Allen Leech, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Dancy and Kevin Doyle.NBC studios went all out for the television special, transforming an area of the set into an epic dining room fit for any royal, featuring a never ending wooden table atop a large, printed rug, and behind it a decorative wall full of ornate frames with glimpses of the show.Savannah captioned the behind-the-scenes photos with: "How amazing is this @todayshow set made to look like the dinner table at Downton Abbey?? Which fork do I use???"A post shared by Savannah Guthrie (@savannahguthrie)The epic transformationShe couldn't stop raving about the set's transformation, also writing on her Instagram stories: "Is this a dream?"MORE: Savannah Guthrie's personal revelation about body image is so inspiringMORE: Savannah Guthrie's latest work assignment leaves fans speechlessFans

Elizabeth McGovern, the 60-year-old star of Downton Abbey and sometimes rock chick (she’s sung and played guitar in a band called Sadie and the Hotheads for years) ever since she was in Robert Redford’s Ordinary People in 1980. Back then, I was obsessed with her shiny dark hair and sleek air of simplicity. Forty two years on, the hair has silvered, the blue eyes are as piercing as ever, and her style has gracefully mutated into a modern, pared-back, low-key glamour that has a multiplicity of easy-to-follow details to mull over. She takes notes too – from her stylist Mary Fellowes, the British former Voguette who is known for dressing Olivia Colman, Julianne Moore and Scarlett Johansson, as well as for being one of the most sustainably minded celebrity stylists on the block.

Allen Leech and his wife Jessica Blair Herman are due to welcome their second daughter this year.The Downton Abbey star, who plays the role of the chauffeur-turned-family member Tom Branson in the hit franchise, opened up on the couple's unborn child while at the New York premiere for the A New Era film on Sunday 15 May. Although the actor didn't specifically say they would be having a baby girl, he teased: "If you can see what myself and my wife are wearing, you have a clue." Allen, 40, was dressed in a pale pink-beige jacket with a nude shirt underneath alongside a striped tie, which he teamed with some brown trousers and a darker shade of smart shoes.

Production has officially begun on Season 2 and HBO is giving fans a first look at the set in a new photo of Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector above. Shooting is underway in Rhode Island and New York state.

Michelle Dockery and Laura Carmichael stick together on the red carpet at the premiere of Downton Abbey: A New Era held at the Metropolitan Opera House on Sunday (May 15) in New York City.