Tag: Downton Abbey
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Julian Fellowes Isn’t Sure If Downton Abbey: A New Era Is The End Of The Series
When your movie features a subtitle like “A New Era,” I think it’s safe to say that it opens the possibility of more “Downton Abbey” on the horizon. The second theatrical feature film from series creator Julian Fellowes (“The Gilded Age“) and director Simon Curtis (“My Week With Marilyn“) sees the aristocratic Crawleys scrambling after…
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Estate Tours, Etiquette Class, And Elegance: Living The Downton Abbey Experience In The English Countryside
With a durable run of six seasons of television and two theatrical feature films, “Downton Abbey” has endured as a global phenomenon that keeps viewers coming back to spend more time with their favorite characters. Everyone comes to the franchise for different reasons, but one of the biggest is its ensemble. Anecdotally, I’ve noticed that…
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Downton Abbey: A New Era Stars Jim Carter And Raquel Cassidy Had A Blast Filming The Big Dinner Scene [Interview]
The captivating melodrama of “Downton Abbey” would be but window dressing without its spectacular ensemble to bring these characters to life. Even when some favorites ended up leaving the show, series creator/writer Julian Fellowes (“The Gilded Age“) always had someone interesting to add to the roster. For every Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens) or Lady Sybil…
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How Downton Abbey: A New Era Finally Fulfilled A Years-Long Dream For One Of Its Actors
Costume designer Anna Robbins has been immersed in the world of “Downton Abbey” since the launch of its fifth season back in 2014, and stepped back into the role in 2019 to design costumes for the “Downton Abbey” movie. For the most recent addition to the series, and what might turn out to be its…
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‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ Makes Streaming Debut on Peacock
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.After more than a few production delays, the new “Downton Abbey” sequel film has finally made its streaming debut.“Downton Abbey: A New Era” arrived on Peacock today, following its U.K release on April 29 and…
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How Chris Van Dusen Upped the Ante with Sexy ‘Bridgerton’ Season 2
Welcome to It’s a Hit! In this series, IndieWire speaks to creators and showrunners behind a few of our favorite television programs about the moment they realized their show was breaking big.While the standard-issue escapist costume drama grows a tad long in the tooth (see “Downton Abbey”), one recent romp in the lives of the…
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Featuristic Films, WTFilms re-team on survival thriller ‘Cold Meat’ (exclusive)
Downton Abbey star Allen Leech plays a man battling for survival in a blizzard in the Colorado Rockies.French sales company WTFilms has taken world rights on Colorado Rockies-set survival thriller Cold Meat, featuring Downton Abbey star Allen Leech in the lead role.It is Paris-based WTFilm’s second collaboration with UK production company Featuristic Films, after working…
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‘It was a win-win situation’: Rose Leslie on movies, motherhood and marriage
Game of Thrones’ Rose Leslie on playing the Time Traveler’s Wife and life with Kit HaringtonRose Leslie and her baby son have Covid. “Day three. It is fairly grim,” she says. You’d never guess: she’s perky and bright in a stripy T-shirt, endlessly patient and accommodating when our Zoom collapses, greeting my every trite observation…
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‘Game of Thrones’ Star Michelle Fairley Set for Bouli Lanners Feature Film ‘Nobody Has To Know’ (Exclusive)
“Game of Thrones” star Michelle Fairley is set to appear in Bouli Lanners feature film “Nobody Has To Know.” Lanners will write, direct and co-star in the project.Fairley, who has also appeared in “Suits” and “Gangs of London,” plays Millie MacPherson in the film. She takes care of Philippe Haubin, a middle-aged man suffering from…
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‘Downton Abbey’ Creator Julian Fellowes Teases Possibility of a Third Film
The 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…