Watch: First look at final Downton Abbey film
The place we'll always remember. The family we'll never forget. Everything has led to this.
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is only in theaters September 12. Watch the teaser trailer now. pic.twitter.com/FdlfDVPc1m
— Downton Abbey (@DowntonAbbey) June 2, 2025
The trailer for the new Downton Abbey film has hinted at a poignant final chapter.
After six series and two films, a final cinematic release will conclude the story of the Crawley family in September 2025 with Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.
A teaser trailer suggests that there will be an emotional end to the Edwardian saga devised by writer Lord Fellowes, which began with the first series on ITV in 2010.
Promotional material for the third and final film in the franchise shows Hugh Bonneville's character Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham, apparently bidding farewell to Downton.
The trailer includes a portrait of Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham, who was played by the late Dame Maggie Smith.
Her character was killed off in the 2022 film Downton Abbey: A New Era, two years before Dame Maggie herself died aged 89.
Executive producer Gareth Neame said that the film would contain a 'meaningful' tribute to Dame Maggie, and her loss would be reflected in the plot of the finale of the Downton story.
In an interview with TV Line in 2024, Neame said: 'The fact that Dame Maggie herself has now passed away since that time has given a real added poignancy to a story that we would have planned anyway.'
Few further details of the film's plot have been revealed.
The film stars Dominic West as silent film star Guy Dexter, and Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary, who will be shown navigating London high society.
The trailer hints at the plot revolving to some degree around a stage show and shows Lady Mary being mobbed by the press and treated like a star.
Her former on-screen partner Matthew Goode's character Henry Talbot will not be returning for the final film.
The actor said that he felt his character was 'edging towards becoming a bit of a wet lettuce' and suggested it was a 'good thing' he would not return, allowing Lady Mary to find another love interest.
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