The movie is slated to see the return of fan favorites from the original series and the sequel films.
On Monday, ET confirmed that the beloved TV series turned into a mega-successful film franchise will move forward with a brand new script penned by the show's creator, Julian Fellowes, who previously wrote the 2019 film,
According to Focus Features and Carnival Films, the third installment adds Giamatti, 56, who plays Harold Levinson -- the brother of Cora Crawley -- who was last seen by fans in the star Joely Richardson, as well as Alessandro Nivola, Simon Russell Beale and Arty Froushan.
"Like with any show where you're in people's living rooms on a Sunday evening, you know, people take a special kind of ownership of that," Stevens said."They become a part of your family in a way. You sit down, you watch it with your mom, your grandma. So many people I know have seen that show, and it's really brought families together."
He added,"We laugh, we cry, but, you know, it's one of those shows where it means a lot to a lot of people...So I'm excited for another movie.""It seemed like a very fitting way to end but the audience has an appetite for it! So it’s driving the writers to step up," Doyle, 64, said. "I mean, it feels like as long as there’s an appetite out there," Dockery, 42, noted."The audience seems to just keep wanting to see more of
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