Partings, as we all know, are such sweet sorrow, even the ones that seem to go on forever. Over a dozen years, six series, 52 episodes, five specials, and two feature films that played at a theater near you, Downton Abbey looked backwards at a bygone England beating back early-20th-century …
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The Crawley family returns to say farewell in the first trailer for Downton Abbey: The Grande Finale, which will be released in theaters on Sept. 12. The film, which stars Simon Russell Beale, Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Paul Giamatti, and others, catches the family at the …
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Dame Maggie Smith and her celebrated Downton Abbey character Violet, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, will receive a “meaningful” tribute in the franchise’s third movie, set to arrive next year. Speaking recently with TVLine, Downton Abbey executive producer Gareth Neame revealed that the new movie was already set to contain …
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In the movie Hook, Steven Spielberg’s 1991 Peter Pan sequel starring Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, Williams’ Peter visits the London home of his wife’s family, where he reconnects with her grandmother, a very grown up Wendy Darling played by Dame Maggie Smith. She first appears as a ghostly silhouette …
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Maggie Smith, the Oscar-winning British actress who starred in Downton Abbey and the Harry Potter series, has died at the age of 89. Smith’s sons announced her death Friday morning in a statement. No cause of death was revealed, but the actress was at a British hospital at the time …
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The third installment of the movie franchise everyone’s been waiting for has finally been announced. And no, we’re not talking Dune: Messiah — it’s Downton Abbey. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a new Downton Abbey flick is in the works, with franchise creator Julian Fellowes writing the script and Simon …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The Crawley family’s story isn’t finished just yet, and with the release of the latest Downton Abbey movie, everyone’s heading back to the Yorkshire country estate. All the …
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