Overview

• The third film debuts in cinemas Sept. 12 with a PG rating and a 123-minute runtime.
• Fellowes confirms this installment concludes the story for this generation of characters, avoiding pre-war Nazi plotlines.
• Set in 1930, the film foregrounds social change, with Lady Mary’s divorce causing scandal and the family weighing a smaller footprint for the estate.
• Early reviews describe a nostalgic, character-focused send-off that reunites the core cast under director Simon Curtis.
• The movie honors the late Dame Maggie Smith with an on-screen dedication and introduces Noël Coward (Arty Froushan) and Gus Sambrook (Alessandro Nivola).