DOWNTON FABBY

Posters tease new Downton Abbey film slated for September release

Benjy Potter

Published: 1:14, 18 Jun 2019
Updated: 1:24, 18 Jun 2019

MAGGIE Smith doesn’t look as Abbey as fans are that she’s back as the Downton film nears its release.

Maggie, 84, who plays the Countess of Grantham, returns this September with Michelle Dockery, 37, as Lady Mary by her side.

Official Downton Abbey film character poster featuring Maggie Smith and Michelle Dockery

Also back are Hugh Bonneville, as Robert Crawley, and on-screen wife Elizabeth McGovern, 57, to play Cora Crawley.

While Jim Carter, 70, heads back to Highclere Castle as butler Mr Carson joined by on-screen wife Phyllis Logan, 63, playing housekeeper Mrs Hughes.

Laura Carmichael, 31, will reprise her role as Lady Edith Crawley, now the Marchioness of Hexham after her marriage to Herbert Pelham.

Joanne Froggat, 37, is set to return for the Downton Abbey movie as Lady Mary's maid Anna Bates.

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Lily James won't be returning for the Downton Abbey film. Her character Rose moved off to New York after she married Atticus Aldridge at the end of the final series in 2015.

The trailer for the movie, released last month, shows the family preparing for a visit from the King and Queen.

The film's UK release date is reported as September 13.

Hugh Bonneville returns as Robert Crawley and Elizabeth McGovern as on-screen wife Cora — Hugh Bonneville returns as Robert Crawley and Elizabeth McGovern as his wife Cora

Jim Carter as butler Mr Carson and Phyllis Logan playing housekeeper Mrs Hughes

Laura Carmichae will reprise her role as Lady Edith, now married to Harry Hadden-Paton's Herbert Pelham — Laura Carmichael will reprise her role as Lady Edith, now married to Harry Hadden-Paton's Herbert Pelham

John Bates will be portrayed by Brendan Coyle with on-screen wife Joanne Froggatt as Anna — John Bates will again be portrayed by Brendan Coyle, with Joanne Froggatt as wife Anna

Lady Mary and the Crawley family are back in the first Downton Abbey movie trailer

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