‘Downton Abbey’ Trailer: The Times Are Changing, and Maybe the Crawley Family Will, Too

After a successful small screen run, beloved period series “Downton Abbey” is gearing up for the inevitable: a full-length film followup that unites the majority of the show’s ensemble cast and thrusts them inside a still-changing world.

After first screening at CinemaCon back in March — where much of its under-wraps plot was revealed — the first full trailer for Michael Engler’s “Downton Abbey” is now available for tasteful, refined viewing.Picking up in 1927 (over a year after the endpoint of the series), the film’s trailer hints early on that the world is evolving, and so is the Crawley family.

The trailer even kicks off with Lord Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) joking to some visitors that they’ve got “no maid, no nanny, no valet.

It’s 1927 and we are modern folk.”But when news comes that the king and queen are set to visit the estate, including two royal

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