There's going to be a Downton film!

[QueenOfTheAndals]

It's been officially confirmed by the cast and producers. I'm sure the film will be every bit as ridiculous as the latter series of the tv show but of course I'll go to see it!

www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/07/downton-abbey-movie-cast-summer

Thanks, I needed a bit of good news.

Booking my seat as I type. Can't wait! I only watched Downton after it had all ended so looking forward to seeing it when it's actually on!

Anything that'll get the gorgeous Rob James-Collier back on our screens is fine with me! He should've gone far after his Downton stint but I've not seen him in anything since it ended.

Best news all week

Meanwhile I saw the poster for a film called Swimming with Men (looks like a synchronised swimming Full Monty) and my eyes are yet to recover from the sight of Mr Carson in his trunks!

Good excuse to rewatch Downton from the beginning!

Excellent! Cannot wait! Watching Downton on repeat is my January warm blanket

Whenever I'm ill I watch Downton - it's my ultimate comfort viewing!

I also think they could easily do another film in 20 years time and set it during WWII. If George is killed in the war and predeceases Robert then the hunt for an heir goes on!

Im so excited for this!! Watch through my dvds of this at least once a year, i just hope they don't kill off violet she rocks

I am so excited! #TeamEdith
I hope they don't ruin it. Cheesy ridiculousness I can cope with because that's Downton but if it's SATC 2 levels of awful, I'm going to be so disappointed.

@Ginosaji They might've already killed her off if Dame Maggie doesn't sign on for the film!

@QueenOfTheAndals i read 1 article that kinda hinted she hasn't & wasn't keen on the idea of a downton film, but read a few others that basically said the complete & opposite & that she had signed on for it so i guess we just need to wait and see lol

Dame Mags has signed up for the film apparently. I'm guessing it was getting her own board that held it all up.

I feel a rewatch coming on too.

@SadieHH way ahead of you, watched first episode before i went to bed last night and think i'll spend most of the day watching it as im off work today, who needs housework when you can watch downton abbey 😂

I have seen announcements with Violet (Dowager Countess to you) pictured so here's hoping!!!

Let me guess:

a. Mr Bates will be falsely accused of a murder (third time)

b. Lady Mary puts herself in a compromising position which threatens to bring scandal on the whole family.

c. A scheming servant plots against the others.

@LucyInTheSkies b & c most likely lol but i hope not a, poor mr bates has been through enough, maybe they will do a time jump plot wise and master George schemes to kill off lord grantham so he can take control

They might kill off Mr Bates

@SadieHH master george will kill him when bates discovers his evil plot, anna will discover what he's done and master george will try to kill her, but will be thwarted by his younger brother (im assuming mary and henry had a boy)

I think they'll discover that young Bates is 99th in line to the title/estate and so YB will kill them all. That's if Robert hasn't spunked it all up the wall in the meantime

@SadieHH now that would be an interesting twist, maybe yb isn't actually yb after all & was secretly fathered by lord grantham, meaning he has more of a claim than george 😁

You don't mean.... Robert and Anna?! 😱😱🙈 And I had problems with his dalliance with Jane!

Stranger things have happened @SadieHH ! Either that or the big scandal storyline will be yb catching robert & thomas in a compromising position & his blackmail attempt because he wants control of downton and wants robert to falsely confess to him being his secret father so that he can get downton (after having already killed george)

On a serious note, i think a big shock twist will be that edith & bertie are having a wonderful marriage and life, and then in walks Michael gregson....his body was misidentified when all along he was in a german prison

I was waiting for Michael to walk in when the vicar asked "does anyone object" at Edith and Bertie's wedding but fortunately Uncle Julian isn't quite that predictable!