‘Downton Abbey’ Creator Julian Fellowes Teases Possibility of a Third Film
variety.comAntonio Ferme editorThe Crawley’s are back — but with a twist.“Downton Abbey,” the hit British TV series that ran for six seasons on PBS, is making its way onto the big screen for a second time.
Rather than spawning a seventh season, writer and creator Julian Fellowes explained why he decided to transform the series into a film franchise.“I think the cast particularly had enough of working from February to November, whereas a film is eight weeks out of their lives every two and a half years,” Fellowes told Variety on Sunday at the New York premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House.He continued, “It’s a different commitment.
They have these very successful careers and wanted to get back to them. That seems fair enough to me.” While “Downton Abbey: A New Era” reunites the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants, it switches up the scenery by heading outside the titular country estate.
Half of the cast travels to the family’s newly-inherited villa in the South of France, which was mysteriously acquired by Lady Violet Crawley (Maggie Smith).“I wanted to get at least some of them away from their comfort zone and play out something different,” Fellowes said. “With Robert and Cora, they were more in touch with their emotional side because they weren’t performing as the Earl and Countess of Grantham.
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