Joanne Froggatt calls Downton movie a “logistical minefield”
Fans have been clambouring for a big screen outing for Downton Abbey since it wrapped up in 2015, but making that a reality has proven to be more trouble than expected.
Fans have been clambouring for a big screen outing for Downton Abbey since it wrapped up in 2015, but making that a reality has proven to be more trouble than expected.
Here’s one we didn’t see coming. ITV is looking into opening a mini theme park in the middle of London, to allow people to “experience” its TV shows. It sounds like the project is being fast-tracked too, with the network looking for a launch in 2018. Shows such as Downton Abbey, Victoria, The Voice and, … >
Downton Abbey favourite Joanna Froggatt is about to return to our screens with new drama Liar, and the actress had a few things to say about her upcoming role along with the prospect of a Downton film.
A week or two back, NBC Universal International Studios president Michael Edelstein let slip that the plan for the movie of Downton Abbey was to get it filming next year, with an eye on a release in 2018 or 2019. However, the problem remains fitting the demands of a film around the schedules of the show’s … >
It finally looks as if the long-mooted Downton Abbey movie is going to happen. Since the show came to an end back at Christmas 2015, speculation has been rife that a Downton Abbey movie would be happening. Not that those involved have shut such talk down. Julian Fellowes, the creator and writer of the show, … >
Will there ever be a Downton Abbey movie? Well, it’s writer has offered fans an update.
With series 3 of Poldark now in the bag, the plans for series writer Debbie Horsfield’s new show, Age Before Beauty, are starting to come together. Indeed, filming on the BBC One drama is due to start next week, we’re told.
Will the Downton Abbey movie happen or not? The reports are contradictory.
Filming on the long-awaited Downton Abbey may finally be getting close, but we wouldn’t bet on Dame Maggie Smith being in it right now. It was revealed today that the film’s shoot is due to begin in September. Last October there were reports that Smith had signed on to appear in the big screen version of the period drama as Violet Crawley, Dowager … >
The long-awaited Downton Abbey film is set to begin filming this autumn. Rumours surrounding the movie have been going around for over a year now, with a production source announcing in January that “the financing ducks are being lined up very nicely” and a report last month confirming that production will take place at “the end of this year”. … >