Downton Abbey: A New Era - Official Trailer

Downton Abbey: A New Era Trailer: The Crawleys Summer in the South of France

A trailer for the highly-anticipated sequel takes the Crawleys out of the U.K. and sends them on a very French holiday.

 

BY CHRIS MURPHY

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

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The British are coming. At long last, Focus Features has released a trailer Downton Abbey: A New Era, which sees the beloved Crawley family on a European vacation.

 

A follow up to 2019’s Downton Abbey film, which saw the Crawley family and Downton staff hosting the king and queen of England, Downton Abbey: A New Era sees Dame Maggie Smith’s Dowager Countess reveal a secret to her family about her past. “Years ago before you were born, I met a man, and now I’ve come into possession of a villa in the South of France,” she says quite casually. The trailer then sees the family whisked away on the “grandest escape of the year” as they go on a gorgeous French holiday.

 

“And with that I will say good night,” the Dowager Countess says at one point during a soiree, “and leave you to discuss my mysterious past.” Does this mysterious past include another secret villa? Knowing the Dowager Countess and her liaisons, it’s more likely than you’d think.

 

Downton Abbey: A New Era will see Smith reunited with her former cast mates Michelle Dockery, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, and the entire original principal cast of BBC’s Downton Abbey series. They’ll be joined by newcomers to the abbey Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye, Dominic West, and Jonathan Zaccaï. Initially intended to arrive Christmas of 2021, Downton Abbey: A New Era will waltz its way into theaters on March 18, 2022.