Julian Fellowes: Last News

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Bob Greenblatt Guest ColumnistAs HBO raises the curtain Jan. 24 on the long-awaited Julian Fellowes drama “The Gilded Age,” executive producer and industry veteran Bob Greenblatt offers an inside look at the 12-plus years it took to bring the story of the wealthy and powerful families of America’s gilded age to the screen.

The Gilded Age seems destined to be a hit. After all, American viewers are huge fans of British period dramas—or so it appears. The Tudors, Downton Abbey, , and are just a few of the series to find runaway success focusing on a time that transports us to yesteryear.

creator Julian Fellowes’ newest star-studded historical drama,, is breakout star and daughter of a Hollywood icon, Louisa Jacobson. The 30-year-old actress, whose mother is none other than Meryl Streep, plays Marian Brook in the HBO drama alongside Carrie Coon, Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski. After her father dies in 1882, Brook is forced to move from rural Pennsylvania to New York City to live with her wealthy aunts, Agnes van Rhijn (Baranski) and Ada Brook (Nixon), who are part of an aging class of high society reckoning with the influx of ambitious and self-made newcomers, including railroad tycoon George Russell (Morgan Spector) and his ambitious wife, Berth (Coon). Joining Brook is Peggy Scott (Denée Benton), an aspiring writer who finds herself employed by the aunts, as the two get caught up in a social, class and economic war between old money and new money and question whether they should follow long-standing traditions or forage their own paths. And along the way, Brook and Scott develop their own friendship, even though they must navigate racial and age barriers of the time.

Carrie Coon kick-starts a war between old money and new money in creator Julian Fellowes’ latest, must-see costume drama,, when she moves in across the street from aging, wealthy aunts, Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) and Ada Brook (Cynthia Nixon). While her character is a controlling mother of two older children played by Taissa Farmiga and Harry Richardson, Coon had to hide her real-life pregnancy from the screen. “I got pregnant really early,” she tells ET’s Rachel Smith about her second child with husband Tracy Letts, a daughter she gave birth to during the summer of 2021.

Cynthia Nixon will be playing another New York City singleton in the upcoming HBO series , a period drama from Julian Fellowes that’s been dubbed, the American Downton Abbey.

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Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThere’s a scene on HBO’s new series “The Gilded Age” in which Carrie Coon, playing the aspirant socialite Bertha Russell, lectures one of her rivals. Bertha has the money to break into the whirl of New York City life in 1882, but lacks the intangible social class that would allow her to truly fit in.

Cynthia Nixon is opening up about her two very different TV series, “And Just Like”, the continuation of “Sex and the City” nearing the end of its 10-episode run on HBO Max, and creator Julian Fellowes’ latest, star-studded costume drama, “The Gilded Age”, which debuts Monday, Jan. 24 on HBO. 

Cynthia Nixon is opening up about her two very different TV series,, the continuation of nearing the end of its 10-episode run on HBO Max, and creator Julian Fellowes’ latest, star-studded costume drama,, which debuts Monday, Jan. 24 on HBO. On the former, Nixon reprises her role as Miranda Hobbes opposite Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw and Kristin Davis as Charlotte York Goldenblatt as the series picks back up with the trio as they continue to navigate love and life in the city.

Julian Fellowes is gearing up to release his latest period drama, HBO’s The Gilded Age, on Jan. 24, and he’s teasing viewers could see a crossover.

Downton Abbey star Elizabeth McGovern has reflected on her career in acting, and the path she could have taken had she married former partner Sean Penn.MORE: Downton Abbey's Elizabeth McGovern on watching on-screen daughters 'grow with confidence'The former couple met on the set of their 1984 film Racing with the Moon, and soon after they fell in love and got engaged when Elizabeth was 23. However, the relationship was short-lived and continued on-and-off for two years.WATCH: Are you looking forward to Downton Abbey: A New Era?During her recent chat with Daily Mail, the actress explained: "There's a road I could have taken, but I decided to call it off.

Downton Abbey is reportedly set to kill off an iconic character in tear-jerking scenes in the upcoming film sequel A New Era. According to new reports, writer Julian Fellowes is said to have "made this death so poignant" in the second movie instalment, which is slated for released in cinemas on Friday, March 18, 2022.

A second Downton Abbey movie is currently in the works and Focus Features has announced a new release date for the film.

They're going back in time for a new HBO series from Julian Fellowes.Denee Benton and Sheryl Lee Ralph were spotted for the first time in character on The Gilded Age set in New York on Tuesday morning.The rising stars will join Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon in a new show from the Downton Abbey creator which explores the lives of aristocrats in the 1880s.

As Lady Crawley says, there’s never a dull moment! Downton Abbey 2 is officially in the works, and the film is coming sooner than you’d think.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: The Good Fight’s Audra McDonald is among a number of stars to have joined The Gilded Age, Julian Fellowes’ period drama for HBO.McDonald, who is also set to star in MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, joins as a special guest star.A slew of Broadway stars added as major recurring guest stars. They include The King and I’s Kelli O’Hara, Hello, Dolly!’s Donna Murphy, who is also in Starz’ Power, Fun Home’s Michael Cerveris, who also starred in Netflix’s Mindhunter, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof’s Debra Monk, Promises Promises’ Katie Finneran, who was also in CBS All Access’ Why Women Kill, To Kill A Mockinbird’s Celia Keenan-Bolger, Gary’s Kristine Nielsen and King Lear’s John Douglas Thompson.

Actor Jim Carter has confirmed that the Downton Abbey cast have already read the script for the second film.

Brooding men, feisty women, rib-crushing corsets, epic romance and lavish sets – it’s no wonder we are a nation obsessed with period dramas.

As much as we love period dramas for the well, drama. We are also here for the dramatic costumes.

Red alert Carrie Coon hive, the queen will be joining the cast of Julian Fellowes's new drama, The Gilded Age. Deadline reports that Coon will be replacing Amanda Peet due to a scheduling conflict. Production on the series was slated to start this summer but has been delayed to early fall due to coronavirus shutdowns.