Overview

• The third and final Downton Abbey film opens in theaters on September 12 in the United Kingdom and the United States.
• Variety’s review praises the franchise send-off and notes an on-screen dedication to the late Dame Maggie Smith.
• Director Simon Curtis frames the movie as a deliberate goodbye, with Lady Mary’s divorce and shifting 1930s norms at the heart of the drama, as he told Entertainment Weekly.
• Most of the original cast return alongside newcomers including Paul Giamatti, Alessandro Nivola and Joely Richardson, and Michelle Dockery says the ensemble keeps multiple group text chains to stay connected.
• Promotion includes a Leicester Square premiere and press appearances, while Express reports a terminally ill superfan received a private early screening in June and Bonhams is auctioning series items through September 16.